Responses to microinjections of endomorphin and nociceptin into the medullary cardiovascular areas

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 243-247

  Sapru, H N ^a   Chitravanshi, V C ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Bradycardia; Caudal ventrolateral medulla; Chemoreceptor projection site; Depressor responses; Heart rate; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Pressor responses; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

ENDOMORPHIN 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; NOCICEPTIN; OPIATE PEPTIDE; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART RATE; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHEMORECEPTORS; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OPIOID PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0036128339     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2002.03637.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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