Influence of vagotomy on monosynaptic transmission at second-order nucleus tractus solitarius synapses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2846-2855

  Swartz, Jessica B ^a   Weinreich, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 70449412255     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00168.2009     Document Type: Article

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