Microinjection of muscimol into the periaqueductal gray suppresses cardiovascular and neuroendocrine response to air jet stress in conscious rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  De Menezes, Rodrigo C A ^b   Zaretsky, Dmitry V ^a   Sarkar, Sumit ^a   Fontes, Marco A P ^b   DiMicco, Joseph A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Blood pressure; c fos; Glutamate receptors; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; CORTICOTROPIN; MUSCIMOL; PROTEIN C FOS; 2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; 2,3 DIOXO 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO(F)QUINOXALINE; 2,3-DIOXO-6-NITRO-7-SULFAMOYLBENZO(F)QUINOXALINE; 2-AMINO-7-PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE;

AIR JET STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; AIR; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG EFFECT; INNERVATION; NEUROSECRETION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AIR; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA AGONISTS; HEART RATE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCIMOL; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS;

EID: 54049106882     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00181.2008     Document Type: Article

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