Properties of solitary tract neurons receiving inputs from the sub- diaphragmatic vagus nerve

Neuroscience

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 141-153

  Paton, J F R ^a   Li, Y W ^b   Deuchars, J ^c   Kasparov, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory; Central integration; Gastrointestinal; NTS; Synaptic depression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032703967     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00416-9     Document Type: Article

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