Ganglionic transmission in a vasomotor pathway studied in vivo

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1647-1659

  Bratton, Bradford ^a   Davies, Philip ^a   Jänig, Wilfrid ^b   McAllen, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HEART RHYTHM; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HEART; HINDLIMB; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NEURONS; PRESSORECEPTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77952936571     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.185025     Document Type: Article

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