Cardiovascular Responses to Chemical Stimulation of the Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus in the Rat: Role of the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Kawabe, Tetsuya ^a   Kawabe, Kazumi ^a   Sapru, Hreday N ^a  

^a RWJ Barnabas Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ENDORPHIN; BETA ENDORPHIN RECEPTOR; BMS 193885; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NALOXONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SF 11; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; DRUG TARGETING; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HEART RATE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITROPRUSSIDE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84866466565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045180     Document Type: Article

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