Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript in catecholamine and noncatecholamine presympathetic vasomotor neurons of rat rostral ventrolateral medulla

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 476, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-31

  Burman, Kathleen J ^a   Sartor, Daniela M ^b   Verberne, Anthony J M ^b   Llewellyn Smith, Ida J ^a,c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure regulation; Cotransmitter; Immunohistochemistry; Juxtacellular labeling; Neurotransmitter; Sympathetic vasomotor

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CATECHOLAMINE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN FOS; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CATECHOLAMINE PRESYMPATHETIC VASOMOTOR NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NONCATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; NONCATECHOLAMINE PRESYMPATHETIC VASOMOTOR NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SPINAL CORD; STAINING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BAROREFLEX; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATECHOLAMINES; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EPINEPHRINE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NITROPRUSSIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 3042771518     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20198     Document Type: Article

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