Proceedings Abstracts of The Physiological Society

Autonomic Function and Neuroscience

5-HT1A receptor antagonist 8-OH-DPAT attenuates passive avoidance in the elevated T-maze induced by acute stress

J.A. Aguirre*, J. Rioja*, L.J. Santín†, A. Doña*, M. García*, L. De Pablo† and S. González-Barón*

J Physiol 548P (2003)

Subtypes and splice variants of GABAB receptors in the NTS of normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats

Emma J. Spary, Azhar Maqbool, Trevor F.C. Batten and Sikha Saha

J Physiol 548P (2003)

Antagonistic galanin-NPY interactions in food intake response: a functional and quantitative receptor autoradiography study

Zaida Díaz-Cabiale, María García-Coronel, Carmen Vela, Rosa Garrido, Margarita Remirez de Esparza, Rafael Coveñas, Salvador González-Barón and Jose Angel Narváez

J Physiol 548P (2003)

Symptomatic vCJD alters heart rate variability

L.A.M. Woolfson*, D.G. Glover†, B.J. Pollard*† and Chris J.D. Pomfrett*

J Physiol 551P (2003)

Heart rate and haemodynamic changes differ following voluntary and electrically evoked exercise with maintained chemoreflex activation in humans

James P. Fisher, Charlotte A. Carrington and Michael J. White

J Physiol 551P (2003)

Modulation of the autonomic control of the kidney by leptin acting in the brain of anaesthetised rats

Chunhua Huang*, Aoife McMahon† and Edward J. Johns†

J Physiol 551P (2003)

GluR1 localisation and responses to 5-fluorowillardiine in sympathetic preganglionic neurones of rat thoracic spinal cord

Susan A. Deuchars *, Ruth E. Brooke * and Ida Llewellyn-Smith †

J Physiol 551P (2003)

Evidence for the existence of GABAergic and glutamatergic neurones within the nucleus intermedius with synaptic connections to the nucleus of the solitary tract in rat

Mark L. Dallas, Susan A. Deuchars, Carol J. Milligan, Dave I. Lewis and Jim Deuchars

J Physiol 551P (2003)

Simultaneous optical and electrical recording from respiratory-rhythmic neurones in situ using micro-optoelectrodes

Peter M.J Bradley*, Sergey Kasparov*, David Murphy† and Julian F.R Paton*

J Physiol 551P (2003)

Baroreflex control of heart rate following autonomic blockade during acute hypothermia

R. Sabharwal, E.J. Johns and S. Egginton

J Physiol 551P (2003)

Arterial chemoreceptors in the superior laryngeal nerve of the rat

Andrew Murphy, Deirdre M. O'Leary, Mark Pickering and James F.X. Jones

J Physiol 551P (2003)

Role of central 5-HT7 as well as 5-HT1A receptors in cardiopulmonary reflex control in anaesthetised rats

Daniel O. Kellett, Andrew G. Ramage* and David Jordan

J Physiol 551P (2003)

TRH modulates electrotonic coupling between rat hypoglossal motoneurones in vitro

Vitali A. Bouryi and David I. Lewis

J Physiol 551P (2003)

Vasomotor properties of rat coronary and accessory arteries

Stuart J. Bund and James F.X. Jones

J Physiol 551P (2003)

Comparison of gastrocnemius and tibial nerve sympathetic discharge frequency components in anaesthetised rats

C. Huang and M.P. Gilbey

J Physiol 551P (2003)

Increase in contralateral lower limb vascular conductance at the onset of voluntary and electrically evoked isometric exercise in man is not explained by a decreased muscle sympathetic nerve activity

James P. Fisher *, Mikael Sander †, Ian MacDonald ‡ and Michael J. White *

J Physiol 551P (2003)

Effect of non-selective cyclooxygenase inhibition on renal function in ischaemia-reperfusion injury in the anaesthetised normotensive and hypertensive rat

Sarah Knight and E.J. Johns

J Physiol 551P (2003)

Localisation of steroid receptor coactivator-1 in lumbosacral spinal cord neurons of male and female Wistar rats

Richard N. Ranson, Robert M. Santer and Alan H.D. Watson

J Physiol 551P (2003)

Blood pressure responses to external compression of the human lower leg during calf muscle chemoreflex stimulation of varying intensity

Michael J. White and Martin P.D. Bell

J Physiol 551P (2003)

Kv3.4 potassium channel subunit immunoreactivity in presynaptic terminals in the brainstem and spinal cord of rats

R.E. Brooke, S.A. Deuchars and J. Deuchars

J Physiol 551P (2003)

Recordings of ongoing activity made from sympathetic fibres innervating blood vessels of the spinotrapezius muscle in the anaesthetized rat

Steven Hudson, Christopher D. Johnson*, Andrew M. Coney and Janice M. Marshall

J Physiol 539P (2002)

Vagal control of the rat cranial venae cavae

Heah Hsin Tak and James F.X. Jones

J Physiol 539P (2002)

Adenosine release in the nucleus of the solitary tract during hypothalamic stimulation and hypoxia in anaesthetised rats

N. Dale*, A.V. Gourine†, T. Thomas†, E. Llaudet* and K.M. Spyer†

J Physiol 539P (2002)

Selective neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibition reduces renal sympathetic nerve activity and heart rate in conscious rats

Donogh F. McKeogh and Virginia L. Brooks

J Physiol 539P (2002)

Neuronal and endothelial localisation of the angiotensin type 1 receptor in the medulla oblongata of the rat

Zai Ahmad*, Julian F.R. Paton† and Jim Deuchars*

J Physiol 539P (2002)

Are GABAC receptors functionally active in the dorsal vagal motor nucleus of the rat medullary slice?

Susan A. Deuchars, Carol J. Milligan and Jim Deuchars

J Physiol 539P (2002)

Genes regulated 24 h after axotomy in identified 5-HT neurons in Hirudo medicinalis

W.-Z. Wang*, K. Christoffers*, R. Emes*† and S.E. Blackshaw*

J Physiol 539P (2002)

Subtracted cDNA libraries from regenerating leech ganglia identify transcripts upregulated at different times post-axotomy

R. Emes*†, W.-Z. Wang† and S.E. Blackshaw†

J Physiol 539P (2002)

Colocalization of nitric oxide synthase and P2X2 receptor immunoreactivities in neurones of the rat hypothalamus and medulla

A.V. Gourine*, S.T. Yao†, A.J. Lawrence† and K.M. Spyer*

J Physiol 539P (2002)

Diffuse organization of central sensitization of withdrawal reflexes in the decerebrated, spinalized rabbit

John Harris and Rob W. Clarke

J Physiol 539P (2002)

Are sympathetic preganglionic neurones (SPNs) directly inhibited by GABAergic neurones in the central region of the rat spinal cord?

S.A. Deuchars, C.J. Milligan and J. Deuchars

J Physiol 544P (2002)

The potassium channel subunit Kv3.1b is expressed in both GABAergic and glutamatergic neurones in the nucleus tractus solitarii (NTS) of the adult rat

C.J. Milligan and J. Deuchars

J Physiol 544P (2002)

Distension of the main pulmonary artery stimulates vagal afferent activity in anaesthetized dogs

J.P. Moore, R. Hainsworth and M.J. Drinkhill

J Physiol 544P (2002)

Changes in sympathetic nerve activity recorded from skeletal muscle arteries of the anaesthetised rat during graded levels of systemic hypoxia

Steven Hudson*, Christopher D. Johnson†, Andrew M. Coney* and Janice M. Marshall*

J Physiol 544P (2002)

Projections from the central nucleus of amygdala to brainstem neurones that are activated by alteration of blood pressure

Sikha Saha, Mark J. Drinkhill, Jonathan P. Moore and Trevor F.C. Batten

J Physiol 544P (2002)

The contribution of neuropeptide Y to sympathetically evoked vasoconstriction of rat tail artery in vitro

Andrea Law and Christopher D. Johnson

J Physiol 544P (2002)

TRH potentiates excitatory inputs from the raphe pallidus to rat hypoglossal motoneurones, in vitro

Vitali A. Bouryi and David I. Lewis

J Physiol 544P (2002)

Activation of adenosine A2A receptors in the intermediolateral cell column (IML) enhances inhibitory but not excitatory synaptic transmission

R.E. Brooke, J. Deuchars and S.A. Deuchars

J Physiol 544P (2002)

Cardiac vagal afferent fibres projecting to nucleus tractus solitarii and cervical spinal dorsal horn in the rat

Eric K.A. Corbett*, Jim Deuchars†, Peter N. McWilliam‡ and Trevor F.C. Batten*

J Physiol 544P (2002)

Functional role of nitric oxide in spinal sympathetic networks activated by PVN stimulation in anaesthetised rats

L. Smith, Z. Yang and J.H. Coote

J Physiol 544P (2002)

Light and electron microscopic localisation of P2X4 receptor subunit immunoreactivity in the dorsal vagal complex of the rat

Fathia Ashur and Jim Deuchars

J Physiol 544P (2002)

Effects of sympathetic impulse numbers on contributions of noradrenaline and ATP to vasoconstriction in rat tail and femoral arteries

Eamonn Bradley and Christopher D. Johnson

J Physiol 544P (2002)

Population of neurones within dorsal and dorsomedial regions of the nucleus of the solitary tract that are sensitive to 4-AP and TEA

Mark L. Dallas, Susan A. Deuchars, David I. Lewis and Jim Deuchars

J Physiol 544P (2002)

Enhancement of the baroreceptor-heart rate reflex by nitric oxide in the nucleus ambiguus of anaesthetised rats

J. Fletcher*, W.E. Moody*, S. Chowdhary† and J.H. Coote*

J Physiol 544P (2002)

Light and electron microscopic localisation of the angiotensin type 1 receptor (AT1R) in regions of spinal cord of the rat that influence autonomic outflow

Zai Ahmad and Jim Deuchars

J Physiol 544P (2002)

Changes in the noradrenergic innervation of lumbosacral spinal cord following systemically administered DSP-4 have no effect on micturition pattern in the male rat

Richard N. Ranson, Katherine A. Gaunt, Robert M. Santer and Alan H.D. Watson

J Physiol 544P (2002)

GABAA receptor subunit expression in the rat nucleus tractus solitarii

E.J. Spary, S. Saha and T.F.C. Batten

J Physiol 544P (2002)

Right atrial receptors inhibit renal sympathetic nerve activity via GABA interneurones in the PVN of rats

Z. Yang and J.H. Coote

J Physiol 544P (2002)