Properties of C1 and other ventrolateral medullary neurones with hypothalamic projections in the rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 517, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 477-494

  Verberne, Anthony J M ^b   Stornetta, Ruth L ^a   Guyenet, Patrice G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CHLORALOSE; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENERGIC NERVE CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD PRESSURE; C1 NEURON; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033152526     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0477t.x     Document Type: Article

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