Cardiovascular responses to microinjection of AMPA into the rostral commissural nucleus tractus solitarius of awake rats

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 114-119

  Takaoka, Fábio ^a   Machado, Benedito H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Bradycardia; Excitatory amino acid receptors; Hypotension; Parasympathoexcitation; Sympathoinhibition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; METHYLATROPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

EID: 0042763101     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-0702(03)00131-0     Document Type: Article

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