Pregnancy decreases GABAergic inhibition of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-179

  Kvochina, Lyudmyla ^a   Hasser, Eileen M ^a   Heesch, Cheryl M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin AT1 receptors; Bicuculline; Excitatory amino acid receptors; Kynurenate; L158,809; PVN; Rats; Renal sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BICUCULLINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; KYNURENIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; KIDNEY NERVE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BICUCULLINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEART RATE; IMIDAZOLES; KYNURENIC ACID; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TETRAZOLES;

EID: 64549164080     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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