Different patterns of respiratory and cardiovascular responses elicited by chemical stimulation of dorsal medulla in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 857, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 99-109

  Marchenko, V ^a   Sapru, H N ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnea; Blood pressure; Dorsal respiratory group; Heart rate; Nucleus tractus solitarii

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APNEA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN REGION; BREATHING RATE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; APNEA; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0033952203     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02377-X     Document Type: Article

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