Synaptic transmission of baro- and chemoreceptors afferents in the NTS second order neurons

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 3-8

  Accorsi Mendonça, Daniela ^a   Machado, Benedito H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arterial baroreceptors; Cardiovascular reflexes; NTS; Peripheral chemoreceptors; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; PUTATIVE NEUROTRANSMITTER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AORTA PRESSORECEPTOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHEMORECEPTOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; MICROINJECTION; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PATCH CLAMP; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HUMANS; NEURONS; PRESSORECEPTORS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84877022953     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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