Acute intermittent hypoxia in rat in vivo elicits a robust increase in tonic sympathetic nerve activity that is independent of respiratory drive

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3075-3088

  Xing, Tao ^a   Pilowsky, Paul M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOXIA; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY DRIVE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CELL FUNCTION; FACILITATION; HEART RATE; INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BAROREFLEX; BICARBONATES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART RATE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SPLANCHNIC NERVES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 77955765792     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.190454     Document Type: Article

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