| | British Journal of Pharmacology - Pressor response to pulsatile compression of the rostral ventrolateral medulla ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Pressor response to pulsatile compression of the rostral ventrolateral medulla mediated by nitric oxide and c-fos expression |
 | | The rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) contains neurons that are the major tonic source of supraspinal sympathoexcitatory outflow, and thus this area is considered to be an important center for the regulation of sympathetic and cardiovascular activities (Dampney et al., 1982). |
 | | In all rats, Evans blue was confirmed to be restricted to areas ventral to the nucleus ambiguus, caudal to the facial nucleus, and rostral to the rostral end of the lateral reticular nucleus, comparable to the RVLM as shown in our previous report (Morimoto et al., 1999). |
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