Open AccessVasopressin-Induced Constriction of the Isolated Rat Occipital Artery is Segment Dependent
Author(s) -
Stephen P. Chelko,
Chad W. Schmiedt,
Thomas A. Lewis,
Stephen J. Lewis,
Tom Robertson
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of vascular research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1423-0135
pISSN - 1018-1172
DOI - 10.1159/000355265
Subject(s) - vasopressin , medicine , endocrinology , agonist , vasopressin receptor , angiotensin ii receptor type 1 , receptor , angiotensin ii , contraction (grammar) , antagonist
Circulating factors delivered to the nodose ganglion (NG) by the occipital artery (OA) have been shown to affect vagal afferent activity, and thus the contractile state of the OA may influence blood flow to the NG.