An arcuate-ventrolateral periaqueductal gray reciprocal circuit participates in electroacupuncture cardiovascular inhibition

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 13-23

  Li, Peng ^a   Tjen A Looi, Stephanie C ^a   Guo, Zhi Ling ^a   Longhurst, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Glutamatergic receptors; Kainic acid; Kynurenic acid; Retrograde tracer

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ATROPINE; HOMOCYSTEIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CAT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; VENTROLATERAL PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CATS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY;

EID: 78149413693     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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