Evidence that estrogen directly and indirectly modulates C1 adrenergic bulbospinal neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla

Brain Research

Volumn 1094, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 163-178

  Wang, Gang ^a   Drake, Carrie T ^a   Rozenblit, Mariya ^a   Zhou, Ping ^a   Alves, Stephen E ^b,c   Herrick, Scott P ^a,b   Hayashi, Shinji ^d   Warrier, Sudha ^c   Iadecola, Costantino ^a   Milner, Teresa A ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bulbospinal neurons; Electron microscopy; Estrogen receptor alpha; Estrogen receptor beta; Sex steroids; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FULVESTRANT; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ADRENERGIC NERVE CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BULBOSPINAL NEURON; CALCIUM CURRENT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SYMPATHETIC TONE; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DENDRITES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EPINEPHRINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL CONGENERS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 33745259315     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.03.089     Document Type: Article

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