Respiratory sinus arrhythmia: Endogenous activation of nicotinic receptors mediates respiratory modulation of brainstem cardioinhibitory parasympathetic neurons

Circulation Research

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 565-572

  Neff, Robert A ^a   Wang, Jijiang ^b   Baxi, Sunit ^b   Evans, Cory ^b   Mendelowitz, David ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Nucleus ambiguus; Prenatal nicotine; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Sudden infant death syndrome; Vagal activity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; GLYCINE;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS NERVE; ANIMAL; BREATHING; CELL CULTURE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; HEART; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; BRAIN STEM; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; HEART; HEART RATE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NICOTINE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RESPIRATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0141720677     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000090361.45027.5B     Document Type: Article

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