Neural control of left ventricular contractility in the dog heart: Synaptic interactions of negative inotropic vagal preganglionic neurons in the nucleus ambiguus with tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive terminals

Brain Research

Volumn 802, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 205-220

  Massari, V John ^a   Dickerson, Linda W ^b   Gray, Alrich L ^a   Lauenstein, Jean Marie ^a   Blinder, Karen J ^a   Newsome, Joseph T ^b   Rodak, David J ^b   Fleming, Terry J ^b   Gatti, Philip J ^a   Gillis, Richard A ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Heart; Histochemistry; Immunocytochemistry; Intrinsic cardiac ganglion; Synapse; Transganglionic transport; Ultrastructure; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOG; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DOGS; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VAGUS NERVE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0345487507     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00613-1     Document Type: Article

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