Different types of barosensory synaptic inputs to rostral ventrolateral medulla neurons of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 998, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-47

  Granata, Antonio R ^a   Cohen, Morton I ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac cycle; Cardiovascular; Intracellular recording; Spectral analysis; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; AORTA NERVE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HEART CYCLE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0346654146     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.10.055     Document Type: Article

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