Content:
Editorial Page
Page iii
Copyright Page
Page iv
List of Contributors
Pages v-vi
Preface
Pages vii-viii
Acknowledgements
Page ix
List of Chairmen and Speakers
Page xi
Introduction Thirty years of research on the ventral medulla: the way from Hans Loeschcke's first discovery to modern concepts of ventral medullary function in cardiorespiratory control
Pages xvii-xviii
H.-P. Koepchen
Chapter 1 Relation of enkephalin-like immunoreactive neurons to other neuropeptide and monoamine-containing neurons in the ventrolateral medulla Original Research Article
Pages 3-15
John Ciriello, Monica M. Caverson
Chapter 2 Chemical neuroanatomy of the parapyramidal region of the ventral medulla in the rat Original Research Article
Pages 17-28
C.J. Helke, K.B. Thor, C.A. Sasek
Chapter 3 Adrenergic neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla: ultrastructure and synaptic relations with other transmitter-identified neurons Original Research Article
Pages 29-47
Teresa A. Milner, Virginia M. Pickel, Shaun F. Morrison, Donald J. Reis
Chapter 4 Central control of the circulation by the rostral ventrolateral reticular nucleus: anatomical substrates Original Research Article
Pages 49-79
David A. Ruggiero, Sergio L. Cravo, Victoria Arango, Donald J. Reis
Chapter 5 Inhibitory vasomotor neurons in the caudal ventrolateral region of the medulla oblongata Original Research Article
Pages 83-97
W.W. Blessing, Yu-Wen Li
Chapter 6 Differential regulation of sympathetic nerve activity by lateral and medial subregions of the rostral ventral medulla Original Research Article
Pages 99-103
Kurt J. Varner, Cynthia L. Grosskreutz, Bryan F. Cox, Michael J. Brody
Chapter 7 Sympathoexcitatory neurons of the rostroventrolateral medulla and the origin of the sympathetic vasomotor tone Original Research Article
Pages 105-116
Patrice G. Guyenet, James R. Haselton, Miao-Kun Sun
Chapter 8 Basis for the naturally occurring activity of rostral ventrolateral medullary sympathoexcitatory neurons Original Research Article
Pages 117-129
Susan M. Barman, Gerard L. Gebber
Chapter 9 A physiologically-based model of the brain stem generator of sympathetic nerve discharge Original Research Article
Pages 131-139
Gerard L. Gebber, Susan M. Barman
Chapter 10 Some properties of the sympathoinhibition from the caudal ventrolateral medulla oblongata in the cat Original Research Article
Pages 143-157
K. Dembowsky, J. Czachurski, H. Seller
Chapter 11 A glutamate mechanism in the intermediolateral nucleus mediates sympathoexcitatory responses to stimulation of the rostral ventrolateral medulla Original Research Article
Pages 159-169
Shaun F. Morrison, Paul Ernsberger, Teresa A. Milner, Janie Callaway, Anson Gong, Donald J. Reis
Chapter 12 Cholinergic mechanisms subserving cardiovascular function in the medulla and spinal cord Original Research Article
Pages 171-179
Hreday N. Sapru
Chapter 13 Multiple actions of noradrenaline on sympathetic preganglionic neurons of the cat studied in the spinal cord slice Original Research Article
Pages 181-190
M. Yoshimura, C. Polosa, S. Nishi
Chapter 14 Specific areas of the ventral medulla controlling sympathetic and respiratory activities and their functional synchronization in the rat Original Research Article
Pages 193-204
Stanislaw Baradziej, Andrzej Trzebski
Chapter 15 Role of the ventrolateral medulla in the cardiovascular responses to changes in the carbon dioxide tension in the arterial blood Original Research Article
Pages 205-213
Franco Lioy
Chapter 16 Integration of cardiorespiratory responses in the ventrolateral medulla Original Research Article
Pages 215-220
N.S. Cherniack, E.M. Adams, N.R. Prabhakar, M. Haxhiu, J. Mitra
Chapter 17 Neuronal Circuitry in the Ventrolateral Medulla Involved in Integrative Function Original Research Article
Pages 223-232
T.A. Lovick, P. Li
Chapter 18 The selectivity of descending vasomotor control by subretrofacial neurons Original Research Article
Pages 233-242
R.M. McAllen, R.A.L. Dampney
Chapter 19 Role of the glycine sensitive area in the regulation of cardiac output Original Research Article
Pages 243-251
R.R. Campos Jr., P.G. Guertzenstein
Chapter 20 Pressor responses to muscular contraction in the cat: contributions by caudal and rostral ventrolateral medulla Original Research Article
Pages 253-263
G.A. Iwamoto, T.G. Waldrop, R.M. Bauer, J.H. Mitchell
Chapter 21 Cardiovascular control by the rostral ventrolateral medulla in the conscious dog Original Research Article
Pages 265-277
Kenneth J. Dormer, Toby G. Bedford
Chapter 22 Organization of ventrolateral medullary afferents to the hypothalamus Original Research Article
Pages 281-291
Monica M. Caverson, John Ciriello
Chapter 23 Involvement of caudal ventrolateral medulla neurons in mediating visceroreceptive information to the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus Original Research Article
Pages 293-302
H. Yamashita, H. Kannan, Y. Ueta
Chapter 24 Control of neurosecretory vasopressin cells by noradrenergic projections of the caudal ventrolateral medulla Original Research Article
Pages 303-317
Trevor A. Day
Chapter 25 Nucleus tractus solitarius innervation of supraoptic nucleus: anatomical and electrophysiological studies in the rat suggest differential innervation of oxytocin and vasopressin neurons Original Research Article
Pages 319-327
Wilfrid N. Raby, Leo P. Renaud
Subject Index
Pages 329-334