Nitric oxide inhibits the firing activity of hypothalamic paraventricular neurons that innervate the medulla oblongata: Role of GABA

Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 585-601

  Li, Y ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Stern, J E ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Heart failure; Hypothalamus; Patch clamp; Sympathetic; Synaptic

Indexed keywords

2 (4 CARBOXYPHENYL) 4,4,5,5 TETRAMETHYLIMIDAZOLINE 1 OXYL 3 OXIDE; 3,3 BIS(2 AMINOETHYL) 1 HYDROXY 2 OXOTRIAZENE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 7 NITROINDAZOLE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL LABELING; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPSE; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0037466760     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(03)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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