Adrenal epinephrine secretion is not regulated by sympathoinhibitory neurons in the caudal ventrolateral medulla

Brain Research

Volumn 827, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 169-175

  Natarajan, Madhusudan ^a   Morrison, Shaun F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial blood pressure; Bicuculline; Muscimol; Plasma catecholamine; Rostral ventrolateral medulla; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BICUCULLINE; CHLORALOSE; MUSCIMOL; URETHAN;

ADRENALIN RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TACHYCARDIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPINEPHRINE; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUSCIMOL; NEURAL INHIBITION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPLANCHNIC NERVES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0033535737     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01332-3     Document Type: Article

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