Beta-asarone inhibits synaptic inputs to airway preganglionic parasympathetic motoneurons

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-319

  Qiu, Dongying ^a,b   Hou, Lili ^a,b   Chen, Yonghua ^a   Zhou, Xujiao ^a   Yuan, Wenjun ^c   Rong, Weifang ^d   Zhu, Lei ^b   Wang, Jijiang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Asarum; Neurotransmission; Respiration

Indexed keywords

BETA ASARONE;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATION CENTER; SYNAPSE;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; ANISOLES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; GLYCINE AGENTS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RESPIRATORY CENTER; RHODAMINES; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959237885     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: 18781519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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