Microinjections of α-melanocyte stimulating hormone into the nucleus ambiguus of the rat elicit vagally mediated bradycardia

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Chitravanshi, Vineet C ^a   Bhatt, Suresh ^a   Sapru, Hreday N ^a,b  

^a RWJ Barnabas Health   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Melanocortin receptors; Melanocortins; Vagus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PHENYLEPHRINE;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; VAGOTOMY;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BRADYCARDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RNA, MESSENGER; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 66149094635     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90978.2008     Document Type: Article

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