AT1 receptors mediate excitatory inputs to rostral ventrolateral medulla pressor neurons from hypothalamus

Hypertension

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1301-1307

  Tagawa, Tatsuya ^a   Dampney, Roger A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Bicuculline; Blood pressure; Blood vessels; Brain; Receptors, glutamate

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYL 5,7 DIMETHYL 3 [4 [2 (2H TETRAZOL 5 YL)PHENYL]BENZYL]IMIDAZO[4,5 B]PYRIDINE; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; LOSARTAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033404670     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.34.6.1301     Document Type: Article

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