Organization and transmitter specificity of medullary neurons activated by sustained hypertension: Implications for understanding baroreceptor reflex circuitry

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 371-387

  Chan, Raymond K W ^a   Sawchenko, Paul E ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; C fos; GABA; Glycine; Nitric oxide; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031984280     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-01-00371.1998     Document Type: Article

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