Increased intrinsic excitability of muscle vasoconstrictor preganglionic neurons may contribute to the elevated sympathetic activity in hypertensive rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2756-2778

  Briant, Linford J B ^a   Stalbovskiy, Alexey O ^a   Nolan, Matthew F ^c   Champneys, Alan R ^a   Pickering, Anthony E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Sympathetic preganglionic; Transient rectification; Vasomotor tone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASOCONSTRICTION; WISTAR KYOTO RAT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING MUSCLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART; HYPERTENSION; INNERVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; VASCULARIZATION; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; HEART; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SPINAL CORD LATERAL HORN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 84915748978     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00350.2014     Document Type: Article

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