Regulation of arterial pressure by the paraventricular nucleus in conscious rats: Interactions among glutamate, GABA, and nitric oxide

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 JAN, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Martins Pinge, Marli C ^a,e   Mueller, Patrick J ^b,c,f   Foley, C Michael ^b,c,g   Heesch, Cheryl M ^b,c   Hasser, Eileen M ^b,c,d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

^e Covance Laboratories Inc ^*  (Brazil)

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

^g 206 Carnegie Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Hypothalamus; NMDA; PVN; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 84874577513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00490     Document Type: Article

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