Hypoxia-induced cellular and vascular changes in the nucleus tractus solitarius and ventrolateral medulla

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-217

  Kaur, Charanjit ^a   Viswanathan, Sivakumar ^a   Ling, Eng Ang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Hypoxia; Melatonin; Nitric oxide; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Vascular endothelial growth factor; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 3; GLUTAMIC ACID; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MELATONIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCITOTOXICITY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SWELLING; TISSUE LEVEL; VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; ISOENZYMES; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MELATONIN; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 79952042665     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e31820d8f92     Document Type: Article

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