Chronic decentralization potentiates neurovascular transmission in the isolated rat tail artery, mimicking the effects of spinal transection

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 561, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 583-596

  Yeoh, Melanie ^a   McLachlan, Elspeth M ^b   Brock, James A ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA,BETA METHYLENEADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CLONIDINE; IDAZOXAN; METHOXAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM ION; PRAZOSIN; SURAMIN;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TAIL ARTERY;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TAIL;

EID: 10644258007     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.074948     Document Type: Article

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