Baro-excited neurons in the caudal ventrolateral medulla (CVLM) recorded using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique

Hypertension Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 500-506

  Oshima, Naoki ^a,b   Kumagai, Hiroo ^a   Iigaya, Kamon ^b   Onimaru, Hiroshi ^c   Kawai, Akira ^c   Nishida, Yasuhiro ^a   Saruta, Takao ^b   Itoh, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Baro excited neurons; CVLM neurons; Modified brainstem spinal cord preparation; Whole cell patch clamp technique

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CAROTID SINUS; CAUDAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSURE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; WHOLE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BAROREFLEX; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESSORECEPTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84860742705     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2011.211     Document Type: Article

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