Visceral afferents directly activate catecholamine neurons in the solitary tract nucleus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 48, 2007, Pages 13292-13302

  Appleyard, Suzanne M ^a,e   Marks, Daniel ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuto ^c   Okano, Hideyuki ^d   Low, Malcolm J ^a,b   Andresen, Michael C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Cardiovascular; Food intake; NTS; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Vagus

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VAGUS NERVE;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CHOLECYSTOKININ; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PYRIDAZINES; QUINOXALINES; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 36849003505     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3502-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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