Angiotensin peptides and baroreflex control of sympathetic outflow: Pathways and mechanisms of the medulla oblongata

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-128

  Averill, David B ^a   Diz, Debra I ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Angiotensin peptides; Angiotensin (1 7); Baroreflex; Blood pressure; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Sympathetic nervous system; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN[1-7]; PEPTIDE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ANGIOTENSINS; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRESSORECEPTORS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0033956392     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(99)00237-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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