Transmission of signals through sympathetic ganglia - Modulation, integration or simply distribution?

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-235

  McLachlan, Elspeth M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Convergence; Divergence; Postganglionic; Preganglionic; Suprathreshold; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITES; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HUMANS; NEURONS; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037341537     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.2003.01075.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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