Blockade of orexin receptors with Almorexant reduces cardiorespiratory responses evoked from the hypothalamus but not baro- or chemoreceptor reflex responses

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Iigaya, Kamon ^a   Horiuchi, Jouji ^a   McDowall, Lachlan M ^a   Lam, Alex C B ^a   Sediqi, Yusuf ^a   Polson, Jaimie W ^a   Carrive, Pascal ^b   Dampney, Roger A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypocretin; Perifornical area; Phrenic nerve activity; Sympathetic vasomotor activity

Indexed keywords

ALMOREXANT; BICUCULLINE; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; OREXIN; OREXIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URETHAN;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIFORNICAL HYPOTHALAMUS; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REST; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA;

ACETAMIDES; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BICUCULLINE; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; HYPOTHALAMUS; ISOQUINOLINES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE;

EID: 84869186288     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00263.2012     Document Type: Article

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