Nicotine stimulation of the medulla increases blood flow of the common carotid artery in cats

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 49-54

  Kuo, Jon Son ^a,b   Leung, Yuk Man ^c,d   Lin, Nai Nu ^e,f   Lee, Tony Jer Fu ^a,b   Gong, Chi Li ^c  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Parasympathetic; Vascular control

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINE; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CATS; CHOLINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 72049129409     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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