The involvement of the central cholinergic system in the pressor and bradycardic effects of centrally administrated melittin in normotensive conscious rats

Neuropeptides

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-110

  Yalcin, Murat ^a   Erturk, Melih ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain phospholipase A2 (PLA2); Central cholinergic system; Heart rate; Intracerebroventricular; Mean arterial pressure; Melittin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HEMICHOLINIUM 3; MECAMYLAMINE; MELITTIN; METHYLLYCACONITINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRADYCARDIA; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONSCIOUSNESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ACONITINE; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN; BUNGAROTOXINS; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HEART RATE; HEMICHOLINIUM 3; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MELITTEN; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 33847293666     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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