GABA in nucleus tractus solitarius participates in electroacupuncture modulation of cardiopulmonary bradycardia reflex

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 11, 2014, Pages R1313-R1323

  Tjen A Looi, Stephanie C ^a   Gu, Zhi Ling ^a   Longhurst, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamic acid; Phenylbiguanide; Vagal excitation

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; PHENYLBIGUANIDE; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 3; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; KAINIC ACID; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; VGLUT3 PROTEIN, RAT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CAT; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EVOKED RESPONSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART; LUNG; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BRADYCARDIA; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEART; KAINIC ACID; LUNG; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REFLEX; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84914145327     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00300.2014     Document Type: Article

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