Putative role of the NTS in alterations in neural control of the circulation following exercise training in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Mueller, Patrick J ^a,b   Hasser, Eileen M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Microinjection; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Sympathetic nerve activity; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; KYNURENIC ACID; MUSCIMOL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCULATION; HEART RATE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BICUCULLINE; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEART RATE; KYNURENIC ACID; MALE; MUSCIMOL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33644863346     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00455.2005     Document Type: Article

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