Spinal cholinergic inhibition of the pressor response to skeletal muscle activation

Brain Research

Volumn 837, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 143-151

  Hand, Gregory A ^a   Vrettakos, Peter J ^b   Treuhaft, Brian S ^a   Shealy, Wendi D ^a   Wilson, L Britt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Blood pressure; Dorsal horn; Muscle contraction; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; NEOSTIGMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CAT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATS; HEART RATE; MICRODIALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEOSTIGMINE; SPINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033533083     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01696-0     Document Type: Article

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