Nicotine enhances presynaptic and postsynaptic glutamatergic neurotransmission to activate cardiac parasympathetic neurons

Circulation Research

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1241-1247

  Neff, Robert A ^a   Humphrey, John ^a   Mihalevich, Mark ^a   Mendelowitz, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Cardiac; Nicotine; Parasympathetic; Sudden infant death syndrome; Vagal

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

EID: 0032576550     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.83.12.1241     Document Type: Article

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