Glutamate transmission in the rostral ventrolateral medullary sympathetic premotor pathway

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 761-772

  Morrison, Shaun F ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acid; Glutamate; Immunocytochemistry; Iontophoresis; PNMT; Preganglionic neuron; RVLM; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; URETHAN;

ADRENAL SYMPATHETIC PREGANGLIONIC NEURON; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GLUTAMATE TRANSMISSION; INTERMEDIOLATERAL NEURON; IONTOPHORESIS; LATENT PERIOD; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLARY SYMPATHETIC PREMOTOR PATHWAY; SPLANCHNIC SYMPATHETIC PREGANGLIONIC NEURON; SYMPATHETIC PREGANGLIONIC NEURON; SYNAPSE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CATECHOLAMINES; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0042818197     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025005020376     Document Type: Article

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