Evidence suggesting that angiotensins released not via synaptic inputs are involved in the basal activity of anterior hypothalamic neurons in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 92-96

  Kubo, Takao ^a   Hagiwara, Yukihiko ^a  

^a SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensins; Basal activity; Hypothalamus; Rats; Unit discharge; W7

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CALMODULIN INHIBITOR; CARBACHOL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; LOSARTAN; N (6 AMINOHEXYL) 5 CHLORO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONAMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 33646149367     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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