Cardiovascular responses and neurotransmission in the ventrolateral medulla during skeletal muscle contraction following transient middle cerebral artery occlusion and reperfusion

Brain Research

Volumn 952, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 176-187

  Ally, Ahmmed ^a   Nauli, Surya M ^b   Maher, Timothy J ^c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic regulation; Blood pressure; Caudal ventrolateral medulla; Microdialysis; Rostral ventrolateral medulla; Stroke

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIBIAL NERVE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION;

EID: 0037131067     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03182-7     Document Type: Article

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