Mapping the cellular electrophysiology of rat sympathetic preganglionic neurones to their roles in cardiorespiratory reflex integration: A whole cell recording study in situ

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2215-2236

  Stalbovskiy, Alexey O ^a   Briant, Linford J B ^a   Paton, Julian F R ^a   Pickering, Anthony E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KYNURENIC ACID;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CARDIORESPIRATORY REFLEX INTEGRATION; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; HEART; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MALE; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PEAK INSPIRATORY FLOW; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; WHOLE CELL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BREATHING MECHANICS; EFFERENT NERVE; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; BAROREFLEX; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS, EFFERENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84900504243     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.270769     Document Type: Article

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