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Effect of blood pressure on A2 noradrenergic neurons.

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Moore, SD; Guyenet, PG
Published in: Brain Res
July 8, 1985

Single-unit recordings of A2 noradrenergic neurons were obtained in urethane-anesthetized rats. Norepinephrine-induced elevations in arterial pressure produced small decreases in the discharge rate of the cells; this effect was not observed in animals with bilateral sections of the ninth and tenth nerves. The activity of A2 cells was neither pulse-synchronous at high levels of arterial pressure nor significantly affected by carotid stretch. It is concluded that these neurons do not receive a significant baroreceptor input.

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Brain Res

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ISSN

0006-8993

Publication Date

July 8, 1985

Volume

338

Issue

1

Start / End Page

169 / 172

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Reaction Time
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Rats
  • Pressoreceptors
  • Norepinephrine
  • Neurons, Afferent
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Male
  • Evoked Potentials
  • Electrophysiology
 

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Moore, S. D., & Guyenet, P. G. (1985). Effect of blood pressure on A2 noradrenergic neurons. Brain Res, 338(1), 169–172. https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-8993(85)90262-8
Moore, S. D., and P. G. Guyenet. “Effect of blood pressure on A2 noradrenergic neurons.Brain Res 338, no. 1 (July 8, 1985): 169–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-8993(85)90262-8.
Moore SD, Guyenet PG. Effect of blood pressure on A2 noradrenergic neurons. Brain Res. 1985 Jul 8;338(1):169–72.
Moore, S. D., and P. G. Guyenet. “Effect of blood pressure on A2 noradrenergic neurons.Brain Res, vol. 338, no. 1, July 1985, pp. 169–72. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/0006-8993(85)90262-8.
Moore SD, Guyenet PG. Effect of blood pressure on A2 noradrenergic neurons. Brain Res. 1985 Jul 8;338(1):169–172.
Journal cover image

Published In

Brain Res

DOI

ISSN

0006-8993

Publication Date

July 8, 1985

Volume

338

Issue

1

Start / End Page

169 / 172

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Reaction Time
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Rats
  • Pressoreceptors
  • Norepinephrine
  • Neurons, Afferent
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Male
  • Evoked Potentials
  • Electrophysiology