Changes in regional vascular resistance in response to microinjection of L-glutamate into different antero-posterior coordinates of the RVLM in awake rats

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 137-145

  De Paula, Patrícia M ^a   Machado, Benedito H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Blood flow; Cardiovascular regulation, Vascular beds, Renal blood flow, Mesenteric blood flow, Hindquarter blood flow; Sympathetic vasomotor neurons

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANIMAL; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HINDLIMB; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RENAL CIRCULATION; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0034648256     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(00)00104-1     Document Type: Article

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