Nitric oxide-dependent guanylyl cyclase participates in the glutamatergic neurotransmission within the rostral ventrolateral medulla of awake rats

Hypertension

Volumn 34, Issue 4 II, 1999, Pages 748-751

  Martins Pinge, Marli C ^a   Araújo, Gessi C ^a   Lopes, Oswaldo U ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood pressure, arterial; Brain; Glutamic acid; Guanylate cyclase; Nitric oxide; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0344994519     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.34.4.748     Document Type: Article

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