Spinal cholinergic inhibition of the pressor response to muscle activation is mediated by muscarinic, but not nicotinic, receptors

Brain Research

Volumn 877, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 382-386

  Hand, Gregory A ^a,b   Shealy, Wendi D ^a   Wilson, L Britt ^c   Zhao, Z Wei ^a   Neff, Linda J ^a   Durstine, J Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Atropine; Bethanechol; Blood pressure; Cholinergic receptor; Dorsal horn; Mecamylamine; Muscarinic; Muscle contraction; Nicotinic; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BETHANECHOL; MECAMYLAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMAL; ATROPINE; BETHANECHOL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART RATE; MECAMYLAMINE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0034703461     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02705-0     Document Type: Article

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