Activation of nitric oxide-producing neurons in the brain stem during cardiac sympathoexcitatory reflexes in the cat

Neuroscience

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 167-178

  Guo, Z L ^a   Longhurst, J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradykinin; Brain; c Fos; Cardiovascular reflexes; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN C FOS; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL LABELING; CELL SECRETION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; TEGMENTUM; VAGOTOMY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYKININ; BRAIN STEM; CATS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0037439140     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00707-8     Document Type: Article

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