Systemic administration of leptin potentiates the response of neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract to chemoreceptor activation in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 229, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-99

  Ciriello, J ^a   Moreau, J M ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial chemoreceptors; Hypertension; Hypoxia; Obesity; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CYANIDE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART RATE; LEPTIN; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 84870777277     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.10.065     Document Type: Article

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