Vesicular glutamate transporter 2 is required for the respiratory and parasympathetic activation produced by optogenetic stimulation of catecholaminergic neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of mice in vivo

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 98-106

  Abbott, Stephen B G ^a   Holloway, Benjamin B ^a   Viar, Kenneth E ^a   Guyenet, Patrice G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

C1 neuron; Channelrhodopsin 2; Conditional knockout; Gene disruption in mice; Glutamate

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URETHAN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; VAGUS NERVE;

C1 NEURON; CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2; CONDITIONAL KNOCKOUT; GENE DISRUPTION IN MICE; GLUTAMATE;

ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; GLUTAMIC ACID; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RESPIRATION; RHODOPSIN; VAGUS NERVE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84891630663     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12421     Document Type: Article

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