AT1 receptors in the nucleus tractus solitarii mediate the interaction between the baroreflex and the cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in anesthetized rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Wang, Wei Zhong ^a   Gao, Lie ^a   Pan, Yan Xia ^a   Zucker, Irving H ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barosensitivity; Cardiovascular reflexes; Extracellular recording; Losartan; Microinjection; Renal sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; CAPSAICIN; LOSARTAN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; KIDNEY NERVE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HEART; MICROINJECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STIMULATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; CAPSAICIN; HEART; LOSARTAN; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; REFLEX; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 33847733117     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00590.2006     Document Type: Article

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