Microinjection of muscimol into raphe pallidus suppresses tachycardia associated with air stress in conscious rats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 546, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 243-250

  Zaretsky, Dmitry V ^a   Zaretskaia, Maria V ^a   Samuels, Brian C ^a   Cluxton, Laura K ^a   DiMicco, Joseph A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; MUSCIMOL;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; STRESS; TACHYCARDIA; AIR STRESS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMUS; GABAERGIC INHIBITION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEUS RAPHE PALLIDUS; STRESS INDUCED TACHYCARDIA; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

AIR; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; GABA AGONISTS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCIMOL; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0037235180     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.032201     Document Type: Review

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