Increased vasopressin transmission from the paraventricular nucleus to the rostral medulla augments cardiorespiratory outflow in chronic intermittent hypoxia-conditioned rats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 725-740

  Kc, Prabha ^a   Balan, Kannan V ^a   Tjoe, Steven S ^a   Martin, Richard J ^a   LaManna, Joseph C ^b   Haxhiu, Musa A ^a   Dick, Thomas E ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ARGIPRESSIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; BICUCULLINE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEART RATE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOXIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; UPREGULATION; ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY LABELING; CARDIORESPIRATORY OUTFLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHRONIC INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; GENIOGLOSSUS MUSCLE; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE; NERVE CONDUCTION; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VAGOTOMY;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BICUCULLINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLERA TOXIN; DIAPHRAGM; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 77949493287     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.184580     Document Type: Article

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