Fentanyl inhibits GABAergic neurotransmission to cardiac vagal neurons in the nucleus ambiguus

Brain Research

Volumn 1007, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 109-115

  Griffioen, Kathleen J S ^a   Venkatesan, Priya ^a   Huang, Zheng Gui ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Bouairi, Evguenia ^a   Evans, Cory ^a   Gold, Allison ^a   Mendelowitz, David ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular regulation; Electrophysiology; Endocrine and autonomic regulation; Fentanyl; Nucleus ambiguus; Opioid

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLORNITHYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; FENTANYL CITRATE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VAGUS NERVE;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FENTANYL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE AGENTS; HEART; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NARCOTICS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSTATIN; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN; VAGUS NERVE; VALINE;

EID: 1942471002     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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