α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit is not required for parasympathetic control of the heart in the mouse

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 22, Issue , 2005, Pages 86-92

  Deck, Jennifer ^a   Bibevski, Steve ^a,c   Gnecchi Ruscone, Tomaso ^b   Bellina, Valentina ^b   Montano, Nicola ^b   Dunlap, Mark E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac veterans; Ganglion; Nerve; Neurotransmitter; Synapse; Vagal

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; BROMIDE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; HEXAMETHONIUM; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROPRANOLOL; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TELEMETRY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART; HEART RATE; HEXAMETHONIUM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROPRANOLOL; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 25144505673     PISSN: 15312267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00085.2004     Document Type: Article

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