GABA-mediated inhibition of raphe pallidus neurons regulates sympathetic outflow to brown adipose tissue

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 45-2, 1999, Pages

  Morrison, Shaun F ^a   Sved, Alan F ^b   Passerin, Alicia M ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Bicuculline; Cold; Fos expression; Hypothermia; Sympathetic rhythms; Thermogenesis; aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0033053660     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.2.r290     Document Type: Article

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