Vagal modulation of responses elicited by stimulation of the aortic depressor nerve in neurons of the rostral ventrolateral medulla oblongata in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 889-899

  Zagon, A ^a   Rocha, I ^a   Ishizuka, K ^a   Spyer, K M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barosensitive neurons; Late onset hyperpolarization; Presynaptic facilitation; Rat; Vagus; Ventrolateral medulla oblongata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA NERVE; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACILITATION; HEART CYCLE; LATENT INHIBITION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS TONE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033036870     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00041-X     Document Type: Article

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