GABA in the paraventricular nucleus tonically suppresses baroreflex function: Alterations during pregnancy

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1452-1458

  Page, Mollie C ^a   Cassaglia, Priscila A ^a   Brooks, Virginia L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Baroreceptor reflex; Heart rate; Lumbar sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LUMBAR ARTERY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BICUCULLINE; FEMALE; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEART RATE; MICROINJECTIONS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 79958803211     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00736.2010     Document Type: Article

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