Segmental effect of NMDA block in the dorsal horn on the pressor reflex

Brain Research

Volumn 807, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 222-227

  Britt Wilson, L ^a   Crews, Angela D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cat; Excitatory amino acid; Exercise pressor reflex; Muscle afferent neuron; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REFLEX, STRETCH; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032487630     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00800-2     Document Type: Article

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