Research Article

Swimming Exercise Changes Hemodynamic Responses Evoked by Blockade of Excitatory Amino Receptors in the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

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(a) Photomicrograph of a section of the medulla showing the site of bilateral injection of KYN into the RVLM marked with 4% Chicago Sky Blue dye (arrow) in one rat of the group. (b) Schematic representation of the sites of injections (triangles) in the RVLM at −12.48 mm from bregma [36]. NA: nucleus ambiguous, py: pyramidal tract, RPa: raphe pallidus, and RVLM: rostral ventrolateral medulla.
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