The role of excitatory amino acids and substance P in the mediation of the cough reflex within the nucleus tractus solitarii of the rabbit

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 284-293

  Mutolo, Donatella ^a   Bongianni, Fulvia ^a   Fontana, Giovanni A ^a   Pantaleo, Tito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Central sensitization; Control of breathing; Ionotropic glutamate receptors; Respiratory reflexes

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PENTOBARBITAL; SUBSTANCE P;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGH REFLEX; HERING BREUER REFLEX; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MICROINJECTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RABBIT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

ANIMALS; COUGH; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RABBITS; REFLEX; RESPIRATION; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 34548010541     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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