Electrophysiological and neuroanatomical evidence of sexual dimorphism in aortic baroreceptor and vagal afferents in rat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Li, Bai Yan ^a,c   Qiao, Guo Fen ^a   Feng, Bin ^b   Zhao, Rui Bo ^a   Lu, Yan Jie ^a   Schild, John H ^c  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Vagus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA PRESSORECEPTOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RATE; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VAGUS NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AORTA; CAPSAICIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESSORECEPTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; SEX FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 57349121963     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90401.2008     Document Type: Article

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