Serotonergic projection from nucleus raphe pallidus to rostral ventrolateral medulla modulates cardiovascular reflex responses during acupuncture

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1336-1346

  Moazzami, Ali ^a   Tjen A Looi, Stephanie C ^a   Guo, Zhi Ling ^a   Longhurst, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Long loop pathway; Presympathetic neurons; Visceral and somatic afferents

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRADYKININ; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HOMOCYSTEIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; KAINIC ACID; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN C FOS; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEART RATE; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SPLANCHNIC NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYKININ; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEART RATE; HOMOCYSTEINE; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PIPERAZINES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PYRIDINES; RAPHE NUCLEI; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SPLANCHNIC NERVES;

EID: 77951970101     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00477.2009     Document Type: Article

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