Commissural nucleus of the solitary tract is important for cardiovascular responses to caudal pressor area activation

Brain Research

Volumn 1161, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-37

  Carolina Takakura, Ana ^a   Santos Moreira, Thiago ^a   Menani, José V ^b   Ribeiro Campos, Ruy ^a   Colombari, Eduardo ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CPA; Excitatory amino acid; Hypertension; Muscimol; NTS; Sympathetic; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; MUSCIMOL; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; TACHYCARDIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA AGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCIMOL; PRESSORECEPTORS; RATS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 34447559984     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.05.059     Document Type: Article

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