Cardiovascular responses to glutamate microinjection in the dorsomedial periaqueductal gray of unanesthetized rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2193-2200

  Pelosi, Gislaine Garcia ^a,b   Busnardo, Cristiane ^a   Tavares, Rodrigo Fiacadori ^a   Corrêa, Fernando Morgan Aguiar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Glutamate; Periaqueductal gray area; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; DECAHYDRO 6 PHOSPHONOMETHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PENTOLONIUM TARTRATE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEART RATE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84866008572     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23094     Document Type: Article

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