GABA(A) receptors in the rostral ventrolateral medulla mediate the depressor response induced by stimulation of the greater splanchnic nerve afferent fibres in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 249, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 95-98

  Peng, Ying Jie ^a   Gong, Qian Ling ^a   Li, Peng ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Depressor responses; GABA; Greater splanchnic nerve; Inhibition; Iontophoresis; Rat; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPLANCHNIC NERVES; STRYCHNINE; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0032547135     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00395-4     Document Type: Article

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