Norepinephrine effects on identified neurons of the rat dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 2 49-2, 2004, Pages

  Martinez Peña Y Valenzuela, Isabel ^a   Rogers, Richard C ^b   Hermann, Gerlinda E ^b   Travagli, R Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Electrophysiology; Gastrointestinal receptive relaxation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BRIMONIDINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; YOHIMBINE;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; STOMACH FUNDUS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 1642539136     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00289.2003     Document Type: Article

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