Processing of central and reflex vagal drives by rat cardiac ganglion neurones: An intracellular analysis

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5801-5818

  Mcallen, Robin M ^a   Salo, Lauren M ^b   Paton, Julian F R ^b   Pickering, Anthony E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GANGLION NEURON; CARDIAC VAGAL TONE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GANGLION; HEART SOUND; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTRACELLULAR ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; VAGUS REFLEX; VAGUS TONE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GANGLIA; HEART; MALE; NEURONS; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 82455174136     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.214320     Document Type: Article

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