Differential roles for NMDA and non-NMDA receptor subtypes in baroreceptor afferent integration in the nucleus of the solitary tract of the rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 511, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 733-745

  Zhang, Jing ^a,b   Mifflin, Steven W ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PENTOBARBITAL; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA NERVE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MICROIONTOPHORESIS; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; AORTIC DEPRESSOR NERVE; LATENT PERIOD; MONOSYNAPTIC NEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NON EVOKED NEURON; POLYSYNAPTIC NEURON; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; IONTOPHORESIS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRESSORECEPTORS; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032530475     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.733bg.x     Document Type: Article

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