Evidence that BDNF regulates heart rate by a mechanism involving increased brainstem parasympathetic neuron excitability

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 573-580

  Wan, Ruiqian ^a   Weigand, Letitia A ^b   Bateman, Ryan ^b   Griffioen, Kathleen ^a   Mendelowitz, David ^b   Mattson, Mark P ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; GABA; glutamate; nucleus ambiguus; parasympathetic; vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; ATROPINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HEART RATE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RESTING HEART RATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VAGUS NERVE; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

MUS;

BDNF; GABA; GLUTAMATE; NUCLEUS AMBIGUUS; PARASYMPATHETIC; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; ATENOLOL; ATROPINE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84899472978     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12656     Document Type: Article

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