Selective enhancement of glutamate-mediated pressor responses after GABAA receptor blockade in the RVLM of sedentary versus spontaneous wheel running rats

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 NOV, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mueller, Patrick J ^a   Mischel, Nicholas A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Brainstem; Exercise; GABA; Glutamate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870913307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00447     Document Type: Article

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