NO-cGMP pathway at ventrolateral medullary cardiac inhibitory sites enhances the baroreceptor reflex bradycardia in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 1123, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-134

  Fletcher, Janine ^a   Moody, William E ^a   Chowdhary, Saqib ^a   Coote, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreceptor reflex; Cardiac vagal neurones; Nitric oxide; Nucleus ambiguus

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; CHLORALOSE; CYCLIC GMP; HOMOCYSTEIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; URETHAN;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; VAGUS REFLEX;

ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BRADYCARDIA; CYCLIC GMP; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL INHIBITION; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33751186690     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.09.024     Document Type: Article

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