Rapid effects of corticosterone on cardiovascular neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of rats

Brain Research

Volumn 815, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-59

  Rong, Weifang ^a   Wang, Weizhong ^a   Yuan, Wenjun ^a   Chen, Yizhang ^a  

^a Department of Pharmacology   (China)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Extracellular recording; Microiontophoresis; Rapid effect; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; HOMOCYSTEIC ACID; MIFEPRISTONE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIFEPRISTONE; NEURONS; RATS; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0033514010     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01090-7     Document Type: Article

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