Selective enhancement of synaptic inhibition by hypocretin (orexin) in rat vagal motor neurons: Implications for autonomic regulation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 3844-3854

  Davis, Scott F ^a   Williams, Kevin W ^b   Xu, Weiye ^a   Glatzer, Nicholas R ^a   Smith, Bret N ^a,b,c  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Brainstem; Feeding; Parasympathetic; Pseudorabies; Viscerosensory

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; OREXIN; TETRODOTOXIN; (CARBOXY 2 NITROBENZYL)GLUTAMIC ACID; (CARBOXY-2-NITROBENZYL)GLUTAMIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OREXINS; PHOTOPROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDING; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; VAGUS NERVE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; INNERVATION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STIMULATION; STOMACH; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMATES; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPEPTIDES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; STOMACH; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0038206552     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-09-03844.2003     Document Type: Article

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