Receptor targeting in medullary nuclei mediating baroreceptor reflexes

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 751-760

  Milner, Teresa A ^a   Pickel, Virginia M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Electron microscopy; Glutamate; Nuclei of the solitary tract; Opioid; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATECHOLAMINE; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; MONOAMINE; MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPIATE; OPIATE PEPTIDE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLUTAMATERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MONOAMINE NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR TARGETING; REVIEW; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; RECEPTOR, ADENOSINE A2A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 0041816280     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025052903538     Document Type: Review

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