Baro-activated neurons with pulse-modulated activity in the rat caudal ventrolateral medulla express GAD67 mRNA

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1265-1277

  Schreihofer, Ann M ^a,b   Guyenet, Patrice G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TAIL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BIOTIN; CELL COUNT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0037342026     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00737.2002     Document Type: Article

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