C1 neurons: The body's EMTs

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Guyenet, Patrice G ^a   Stornetta, Ruth L ^a   Bochorishvili, Genrieta ^a   DePuy, Seth D ^b   Burke, Peter G R ^a   Abbott, Stephen B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Brain stem; C1 neurons

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CELL ACTIVATION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; HYPOXIA; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTERMEDIATE VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; REVIEW; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN STEM; C1 NEURONS;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BAROREFLEX; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONS; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84880996135     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00054.2013     Document Type: Review

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