Nitric oxide inhibits excitatory vagal afferent input to nucleus tractus solitarius neurons in anaesthetized rats

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 325-334

  Kong, Shu Zhen ^a   Fan, Min Xing ^a   Zhang, Bin Hong ^b,d   Wang, Zhen Yu ^b   Wang, Yun ^a,b,c  

^a CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary reflex; Ionophoresis; Nitric oxide; Nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS); Rat; Vagus afferents

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER C; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ARGININE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 72049097782     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-009-0624-x     Document Type: Article

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