Activation of melanocortin receptors in the intermediolateral cell column of the upper thoracic cord elicits tachycardia in the rat

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Iwasa, Masamitsu ^a   Kawabe, Kazumi ^a   Sapru, Hreday N ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Heart rate; Melanocortin receptors; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; N ACETYL ALPHA INTERMEDIN[4-10]CYCLO[4 NORLEUCINE 5 ASPARTIC ACID 7 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANINE] 10 LYSINAMIDE]; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; HEART RATE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; TACHYCARDIA;

ARCUATE NUCLEUS; HEART RATE; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTORS; TACHYCARDIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; HEART; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; SPINAL CORD; TACHYCARDIA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84884374183     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00443.2013     Document Type: Article

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