Nitric oxide within periaqueductal gray modulates glutamatergic neurotransmission and cardiovascular responses during mechanical and thermal stimuli

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-103

  Ishide, Takeshi ^c   Amer, Ahmed ^b   Maher, Timothy J ^b   Ally, Ahmmed ^a  

^a PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Microdialysis; Nociception; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; WATER;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BATH; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA NERVE FIBER; EXAMINATION; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HINDLIMB; IMMERSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; METATARSAL BONE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE FIBER C; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; REFLEX; THERMAL STIMULATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEART RATE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS;

EID: 10444282134     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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