Effect of endothelin on vasomotor and respiratory neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla in rats

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 691-707

  Kumada, Mamoru ^a,b   Cao, Weihua ^a,c   Kuwaki, Tomoyuki ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Endothelin 1; Medulla oblongata; Neurons; Pain; Respiration; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

2 [[2 [[2 [[(HEXAHYDRO 1H AZEPIN 1 YL)CARBONYL]AMINO] 4 METHYLPENTANOYL]AMINO] 3 (1 METHYL 1H INDOL 3 YL)PROPIONYL]AMINO] 3 (2 PYRIDYL)PROPIONIC ACID; ENDOTHELIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; IONTOPHORESIS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; AZEPINES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ENDOTHELINS; HEART RATE; INDOLES; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN A; RESPIRATORY CENTER; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0042818207     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025044701721     Document Type: Article

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