Monosynaptic excitatory connection from the rostral ventrolateral medulla to sympathetic preganglionic neurons revealed by simultaneous recordings

Hypertension Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1445-1454

  Oshima, Naoki ^a   Kumagai, Hiroo ^b   Onimaru, Hiroshi ^c   Kawai, Akira ^c   Pilowsky, Paul M ^d   Iigaya, Kamon ^a   Takimoto, Chie ^a   Hayashi, Koichi ^a   Saruta, Takao ^a   Itoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Brainstem spinal cord preparation; Excitatory postsynaptic potential; Spike triggered averaging; Whole cell patch clamp technique

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; WHOLE CELL;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNAPSES;

EID: 55449116430     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.31.1445     Document Type: Article

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