Removal of GABAergic inhibition in the mediodorsal nucleus of the rat thalamus leads to increases in heart rate and blood pressure

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 247, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 127-130

  Stotz Potter, Elizabeth ^a   Benarroch, Eduardo ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Bicuculline; Cardiovascular; Fatal familial insomnia; Mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus; Rat

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSAUTONOMIA; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HEART RATE; INSOMNIA; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BICUCULLINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MICROINJECTIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0032524643     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00291-2     Document Type: Article

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