Convergence properties of solitary tract neurones driven synaptically by cardiac vagal afferents in the mouse

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 508, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 237-252

  Paton, Julian F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; VERATRIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAROTID BODY CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOUSE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE; ANIMAL CELL; BRAIN STEM TISSUE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL POPULATION; HEART NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VAGUS NERVE NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0032055971     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.237br.x     Document Type: Article

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