Neuropeptide Y in the rostral ventrolateral medulla blocks somatosympathetic reflexes in anesthetized rats

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 64-70

  Kashihara, Koji ^a   McMullan, Simon ^b   Lonergan, Tina ^b   Goodchild, Ann K ^b   Pilowsky, Paul M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baroreceptor reflex; Chemoreceptor reflex; Phrenic nerve discharge; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; HEART RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TIBIAL NERVE;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PHRENIC NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RETICULAR FORMATION; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

EID: 53049084294     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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