Are L-glutamate and ATP cotransmitters of the peripheral chemoreflex in the rat nucleus tractus solitarius?

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-45

  Accorsi Mendonça, Daniela ^a   Bonagamba, Leni G H ^a   Leão, Ricardo M ^a   Machado, Benedito H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,1' DIOCTADECYL 3,3,3',3' TETRAMETHYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 58149122859     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2008.043653     Document Type: Article

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