Synaptic responses of neurons controlling the parotid and von ebner salivary glands in rats to stimulation of the solitary nucleus and tract

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1267-1273

  Suwabe, Takeshi ^a   Fukami, Hideyuki ^a,c   Bradley, Robert M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; STRYCHNINE;

ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; MEMBRANE POLARIZATION AND DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVATION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; NEURONS; PAROTID GLAND; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SALIVARY GLANDS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 40949109663     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01115.2007     Document Type: Article

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