The α3 subtype of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor is expressed in airway-related neurons of the nucleus tractus solitarius, but is not essential for reflex bronchoconstriction in ferrets

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-145

  Ferguson, D G ^a   Haxhiu, M A ^a,b   To, A J ^a   Erokwu, B ^a   Dreshaj, I A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway sensory receptors; c Fos, Parasympathetic outflow, nACh R; Hexamethonium; Lung resistance; Tracheal tone

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHONIUM; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR SUBUNIT ALPHA3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; LUNG RESISTANCE; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TRACHEA MUSCLE; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRACHEA;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANIMALS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; FERRETS; HEXAMETHONIUM; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REFLEX; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0034705238     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01166-6     Document Type: Article

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