Rostral parvicellular reticular formation neurons projecting to rostral ventrolateral medulla receive cardiac inputs in anesthetized rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 405, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 236-240

  Oskutyte, Diana ^a   Ishizuka, Ken'Ichi ^a   Satoh, Yoshihide ^a   Murakami, Toshiki ^a  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antidromic spike; Pulse related activity; Rat; Rostral parvicellular reticular formation; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE; URETHAN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BETA NERVE FIBER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART STIMULATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER C; NONHUMAN; PARVICELLULAR RETICULAR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HEART; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETICULAR FORMATION;

EID: 33746909106     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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