Neurokinin-1 Receptor-Expressing Cells of the Ventral Respiratory Group Are Functionally Heterogeneous and Predominantly Glutamatergic

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 3806-3816

  Guyenet, Patrice G ^a,b   Sevigny, Charles P ^a   Weston, Matthew C ^a   Stornetta, Ruth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Opioid peptides; Pre B tzinger complex; Premotor neurons; Preproenkephalin; Respiration; Respiratory rhythm generation; Substance P; Vesicular glutamate transporters; VGLUT2

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; PREPROENKEPHALIN; BIOTIN; BIOTINAMIDE; CARRIER PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENKEPHALIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SLC17A6 PROTEIN, RAT; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BREATHING RATE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RESPIRATION CENTER; SPINAL CORD; SPINDLE CELL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREATHING; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLISM; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENKEPHALINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY CENTER; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0036583202     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-09-03806.2002     Document Type: Article

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