The rostral ventrolateral medulla mediates sympathetic baroreflex responses to intraventricular angiotensin II in rabbits

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-31

  Saigusa, Takeshi ^a   Granger, Naomi S ^b   Godwin, Shirley J ^b   Head, Geoffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; Baroreflex; Glutamate; Intracerebral microinfusion; Renal nerve activity; RVLM

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOLEUCINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; KIDNEY; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0043071478     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-0702(03)00104-8     Document Type: Article

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