K. Michael Spyer

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Astrocytes Control Breathing Through pH-Dependent Release of ATP (2010) (745)
ATP is a mediator of chemosensory transduction in the central nervous system (2005) (438)
Annual review prize lecture. Central nervous mechanisms contributing to cardiovascular control. (1994) (437)
Neural organisation and control of the baroreceptor reflex. (1981) (337)
Synaptic mechanisms involved in the inspiratory modulation of vagal cardio‐inhibitory neurones in the cat. (1984) (262)
The central projections of carotid baroreceptors and chemoreceptors in the cat: a neurophysiological study. (1984) (226)
The location of cardiac vagal preganglionic motoneurones in the medulla of the cat. (1976) (220)
Pivotal Role of Nucleotide P2X2 Receptor Subunit of the ATP-Gated Ion Channel Mediating Ventilatory Responses to Hypoxia (2003) (217)
Connexin hemichannel‐mediated CO2‐dependent release of ATP in the medulla oblongata contributes to central respiratory chemosensitivity (2010) (202)
Activation and sensitisation of low and high threshold afferent fibres mediated by P2X receptors in the mouse urinary bladder (2002) (201)
Brainstem integration of cardiovascular and pulmonary afferent activity. (1986) (193)
Participation of the anterior hypothalamus in the baroreceptor reflex (1971) (180)
The baroreceptor input to cardiac vagal motoneurones (1978) (180)
Coexpression of Rat P2X2 and P2X6Subunits in Xenopus Oocytes (2000) (160)
Release of ATP in the Ventral Medulla during Hypoxia in Rats: Role in Hypoxic Ventilatory Response (2005) (153)
Baroreceptor inputs to the nucleus tractus solitarius in the cat: modulation by the hypothalamus. (1988) (141)
The sinus nerve and baroreceptor input to the medulla of the cat. (1975) (137)
Hypothalamic inhibition of neurones in the nucleus tractus solitarius of the cat is GABA mediated. (1988) (133)
Localization of cardiac vagal preganglionic motoneurones in the rat: Immunocytochemical evidence of synaptic inputs containing 5‐hydroxytryptamine (1993) (127)
Cardiovascular and respiratory effects of stimulation of cell bodies of the parabrachial nuclei in the anaesthetized rat. (1994) (117)
Intracellular analysis of respiratory-modulated hypoglossal motoneurons in the cat (1988) (112)
Post‐synaptic activity evoked in the nucleus tractus solitarius by carotid sinus and aortic nerve afferents in the cat. (1985) (106)
Cardiovascular and respiratory responses evoked from the posterior cerebellar cortex and fastigial nucleus in the cat. (1987) (104)
Chemosensory pathways in the brainstem controlling cardiorespiratory activity (2009) (101)
Baroreceptor inputs to the nucleus tractus solitarius in the cat: postsynaptic actions and the influence of respiration. (1988) (93)
The brain‐stem projections of pulmonary stretch afferent neurones in cats and rabbits. (1982) (91)
Identification and brain‐stem projections of aortic baroreceptor afferent neurones in nodose ganglia of cats and rabbits. (1982) (90)
Identification and distribution of tuberoinfundibular neurones. (1972) (88)
Demonstration of glutamate immunoreactivity in vagal sensory afferents in the nucleus tractus solitarius of the rat (1997) (88)
Purinergic Signalling in the Medullary Mechanisms of Respiratory Control in the Rat: Respiratory Neurones Express the P2X2 Receptor Subunit (2003) (84)
Discharge patterns of cervical sympathetic preganglionic neurones related to central respiratory drive in the rat. (1986) (84)
ATP as a mediator of mammalian central CO2 chemoreception (2000) (78)
γ-Aminobutyric acid immunoreactive structures in the nucleus tractus solitarius: a light and electron microscopic study (1992) (76)
Excitatory effects of iontophoretically applied substance P on neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius of the cat: lack of interaction with opiates and opioids (1984) (71)
Central respiratory drive-related activity in sympathetic nerves of the rat: the regional differences (1987) (70)
Central nervous regulation of vascular resistance. (1980) (70)
Central distribution of substance P, calcitonin gene-related peptide and 5-hydroxytryptamine in vagal sensory afferents in the rat dorsal medulla (1994) (68)
Release of ATP in the central nervous system during systemic inflammation: real-time measurement in the hypothalamus of conscious rabbits (2007) (67)
Localization and action of adenosine A2a receptors in regions of the brainstem important in cardiovascular control (1999) (64)
GABA‐mediated inhibition of medullary vasomotor neurones by area postrema stimulation in rats. (1991) (62)
Stimulation within the rostral ventrolateral medulla can evoke monosynaptic GABAergic IPSPs in sympathetic preganglionic neurons in vitro. (1997) (62)
The cardiovascular responses elicited from the posterior cerebellar cortex in the anaesthetized and decerebrate rabbit. (1987) (61)
Convergence properties of solitary tract neurons responsive to cardiac receptor stimulation in the anesthetized cat. (1998) (61)
The localization of adrenoceptors and opiate receptors in regions of the cat central nervous system involved in cardiovascular control (1985) (60)
Brain stem regions mediating the cardiovascular responses elicited from the posterior cerebellar cortex in the rabbit. (1990) (58)
Essential organization of the sympathetic nervous system. (1993) (57)
Nociceptive inputs into rostral ventrolateral medulla‐spinal vasomotor neurones in rats. (1991) (57)
Baroreceptor sensitive neurones in the anterior hypothalamus of the cat (1972) (56)
ATP is a key mediator of central and peripheral chemosensory transduction (2004) (54)
Amygdaloid influences on brain‐stem neurones in the rabbit. (1986) (54)
Characterization of P2 receptors modulating neural activity in rat rostral ventrolateral medulla (1999) (54)
Release of ATP and glutamate in the nucleus tractus solitarii mediate pulmonary stretch receptor (Breuer–Hering) reflex pathway (2008) (54)
Evidence for the involvement of purinergic signalling in the control of respiration (2001) (53)
Rapid adenosine release in the nucleus tractus solitarii during defence response in rats: real‐time measurement in vivo (2002) (52)
5-Hydroxytryptamine-3 receptors modulate synaptic activity in the rat nucleus tractus solitarius in vitro (1992) (50)
The role of the posterior cerebellar vermis in cardiovascular control (1991) (50)
Respiratory effects of stimulation of cell bodies of the A5 region in the anaesthetised rat (2000) (48)
Nucleus tractus solitarius as mediator of evoked parabrachial cardiovascular responses in the decerebrate rabbit. (1990) (48)
Responses of rostroventrolateral medulla spinal vasomotor neurones to chemoreceptor stimulation in rats. (1991) (46)
Localisation of p2x2 receptor subunit immunoreactivity on nitric oxide synthase expressing neurones in the brain stem and hypothalamus of the rat: a fluorescence immunohistochemical study (2003) (46)
A source of adenosine involved in cardiovascular responses to defense area stimulation. (1997) (45)
Role of brainstem adenosine A1 receptors in the cardiovascular response to hypothalamic defence area stimulation in the anaesthetized rat (1996) (44)
Sensory Afferent Selective Role of P2 Receptors in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarii for Mediating the Cardiac Component of the Peripheral Chemoreceptor Reflex in Rats (2002) (43)
Endothelins and rat carotid body: autoradiographic and functional pharmacological studies. (1995) (42)
Differential Chronotropic and Dromotropic Responses to Focal Stimulation of Cardiac Vagal Ganglia in the Rat (2003) (41)
Hypothalamic modulation of the arterial chemoreceptor reflex in the anaesthetized cat: role of the nucleus tractus solitarii. (1995) (40)
Opiate receptor subtypes in the nucleus tractus solitarii of the cat: the effect of vagal section. (1988) (40)
The pattern of excitatory inputs to the nucleus tractus solitarii evoked on stimulation in the hypothalamic defence area in the cat. (1995) (40)
Localization of [125I]endothelin binding sites in the region of the carotid bifurcation and brainstem of the cat: possible baro- and chemoreceptor involvement. (1991) (39)
Beneficial Effect of the Central Nervous System &bgr;-Adrenoceptor Blockade on the Failing Heart (2008) (38)
A5 region modulation of the cardiorespiratory responses evoked from parabrachial cell bodies in the anaesthetised rat (2003) (38)
Cardiorespiratory Interactions in Heart‐Rate Control a (1988) (38)
The location and properties of preganglionic vagal cardiomotor neurones in the rabbit (1982) (38)
A role for adenosine in modulating cardio-respiratory responses: a mini-review (2000) (36)
Cardiovascular responses evoked from the fastigial region of the cerebellum in anaesthetized and decerebrate rabbits. (1987) (35)
Problems of the afferent input to the paramedian reticular nucleus, and the central connections of the sinus nerve. (1971) (33)
Fever in systemic inflammation: roles of purines. (2004) (33)
A novel influence of adenosine on ongoing activity in rat rostral ventrolateral medulla (1999) (32)
Gravity responses of neurons in main reticular formation. (1974) (32)
Studies on the excitability of sinus nerve afferent terminals. (1979) (32)
Sensing arterial CO(2) levels: a role for medullary P2X receptors. (2000) (32)
Effect on urinary bladder function and arterial blood pressure of the activation of putative purine receptors in brainstem areas. (2001) (31)
Adenosine release in nucleus tractus solitarii does not appear to mediate hypoxia‐induced respiratory depression in rats (2002) (31)
Hypothalamic‐evoked effects in cat nucleus tractus solitarius facilitating chemoreceptor reflexes (1993) (30)
On the Existence of a Common Cardiorespiratory Network (1991) (30)
Inhibition of barosensitive neurones evoked by lobule IXb of the posterior cerebellar cortex in the decerebrate rabbit. (1990) (29)
Effects of acetylcholine on respiratory neurones in the nucleus ambiguus‐retroambigualis complex of the cat. (1981) (29)
Interactive responses to stimulation of the amygdaloid central nucleus and baroreceptor afferent activation in the rabbit. (1989) (27)
The effects of electrical stimulation of lobule IXb of the posterior cerebellar vermis on neurones within the rostral ventrolateral medulla in the anaesthetised cat. (1991) (27)
Coexpression of Rat P 2 X 2 and P 2 X 6 Subunits in Xenopus Oocytes (27)
Evidence for a monosynaptic connection between slowly adapting pulmonary stretch receptor afferents and inspiratory beta neurones (1984) (26)
Processing of afferent inputs in cardiovascular control. (1984) (25)
Laryngeal effects of stimulation of rostral and ventral pons in the anaesthetized rat (2002) (24)
Activity of precerebellar reticular neurones as a function of head position. (1974) (24)
The distribution and excitability of myelinated aortic nerve afferent terminals (1978) (23)
Distribution of the neuronal responses to static tilts within the cerebellar fastigial nucleus. (1974) (23)
Action of adenosine receptor antagonists on the cardiovascular response to defence area stimulation in the rat (1994) (22)
gamma-Aminobutyric acid immunoreactive structures in the nucleus tractus solitarius: a light and electron microscopic study. (1992) (20)
Autonomic and somatic responses evoked by stimulation of the cerebellar uvula in the conscious rabbit (1990) (19)
Organisation of baroreceptor pathways in the brain stem (1975) (19)
Stimulation of aortic nerve evokes three different response patterns in neurons of rostral VLM of the rat. (1996) (18)
In vivo modulation of nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) neurones by activation of 5-hydroxytryptamine2 receptors in rats (2000) (17)
The Central Nervous Organization of the Carotid Body Chemoreceptor Reflex (1990) (16)
Studies on the termination of sinus nerve afferents (1977) (16)
'Baroreceptor' neurones in the medulla of the cat. (1972) (16)
The influence of lobule IX of the cerebellar posterior vermis on the baroreceptor reflex in the decerebrate rabbit. (1991) (15)
A potential role of central A1 adenosine receptors in the responses to hypothalamic stimulation in the anaesthetized cat. (1994) (15)
Responses of brain stem reticular neurones to tilting (1973) (15)
A study of sympathetic preganglionic neuronal activity in a neonatal rat brainstem-spinal cord preparation. (1995) (15)
Localization of sinus nerve afferent endings in the brain stem. (1972) (14)
Dorsal column nuclei neurons recorded in a brain stem-spinal cord preparation: characteristics and their responses to dorsal root stimulation. (2000) (14)
To breathe or not to breathe? That is the question (2009) (12)
Presynaptic depolarization in myelinated vagal afferent fibres terminating in the nucleus of the tractus solitarius in the cat (2004) (12)
Synaptic rhythm of caudal medullary expiratory neurones during stimulation of the hypothalamic defence area of the cat. (1988) (12)
The origin of cardiac vagal efferent neurones in the medulla of the cat. (1975) (11)
Autoradiographic Studies on the Effects of Chronic Unilateral Sectioning of a Carotid Sinus Nerve on 5-HT and SP Binding Sites in the Carotid Body and NTS (1990) (11)
Vagal modulation of responses elicited by stimulation of the aortic depressor nerve in neurons of the rostral ventrolateral medulla oblongata in the rat (1999) (11)
The Effects of Activation and Blockade of Central P2X Receptors on Body Temperature (2003) (10)
Chemosensitivity of medullary inspiratory neurones: A role for GABAA receptors? (2001) (10)
Late vagal inhibition in neurons of the ventrolateral medulla oblongata in the rat (1999) (10)
Respiratory modulation of afferent terminal excitability in the nucleus tractus solitarius. (1981) (9)
DISTRIBUTION OF ALPHA-ADRENERGIC, MUSCARINIC AND OPIATE RECEPTORS WITHIN LUMBAR SPINAL-CORD OF CAT (1985) (9)
Chemosensitivity of Medullary Respiratory Neurones (2003) (7)
Effects of P 2 purine receptor agonists microinjected into the rostral ventrolateral medulla on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems of the anaesthetized rat (1998) (7)
THE INHIBITORY ACTIONS OF GABA ON CARDIAC VAGAL MOTONEURONES IN THE CAT (1985) (6)
Autoradiographic localization of alpha-adrenoceptors, muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and opiate receptors in the heart. (1986) (6)
Preganglionic vagal cardiomotor neurones in the rabbit: location and properties [proceedings]. (1979) (6)
Chemosensitivity of medullary respiratory neurones. A role for ionotropic P2X and GABA(A) receptors. (2003) (6)
Vestibular inputs to the fastigial nucleus; evidence of convergence of macular and ampullar inputs (1980) (6)
Identification of aortic nerve cell bodies in the nodose ganglion of the rabbit and their central projections [proceedings]. (1979) (6)
Projections from the nucleus ambiguus to the cardiac ganglia of the rat (1999) (5)
Reticulospinal vasomotor neurones in decerebrate rats: effect of pentobarbitone. (1991) (5)
Brain Stem GABA Pathways and the Regulation of Baroreflex Activity (1992) (5)
Bradycardia produced by iontophoretic activation of preganglionic vagal motoneurones [proceedings]. (1977) (5)
Chronotropic and dromotropic effects of L-glutamate (L-Glu) injected into the rat nucleus ambiguus (NA) (2000) (5)
P2-purinoceptor-mediated changes in activity of neurones recorded extracellularly from the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat (1996) (5)
Macular input to precerebellar reticular neurones (2004) (5)
The brain stem localization of vagal preganglionic neurones in the ferret, Mustela putorius furo. (1988) (5)
Interaction of Central and Peripheral Inputs onto Vagal Cardiomotor Neurones (1980) (4)
The origin of the hind limb vasodilatation evoked by stimulation of the motor cortex in the cat. (1979) (4)
The central projections of single vagal afferent neurones in the rabbit [proceedings]. (1979) (4)
Colocalization of nitric oxide synthase and P2X 2 receptor immunoreactivities in neurones of the rat hypothalamus and medulla (2002) (3)
Inhibition of the carotid baroreflex by urinary bladder distension. (2000) (3)
THE INSPIRATORY CONTROL OF VAGAL CARDIO-INHIBITORY NEURONS IN THE CAT (1983) (3)
Autonomic Nervous System: Central Respiratory Control (2009) (3)
Effect of electrical stimulations of lobule IXb of the posterior cerebellar vermis on neurones within the rostal ventrolateral medulla in the anaesthetized cat (1990) (3)
Evidence for involvement of ATP in regulation of body temperature during fever in rats (2001) (3)
The hypothalamic depressor area and the baroreceptor reflex. (1969) (3)
Slow vagal inhibition in neurones of the ventrolateral medulla oblongata of the rat: a possible mechanism for tonic, vagally evoked sympatho-inhibition (1997) (3)
Stimulating action of inorganic phosphate on chemoreceptor afferent fibres of the carotid body. (1972) (3)
Effect of stimulation of anterior hypothalamic area on urinary bladder function of the anesthetized rat (2004) (3)
P2 receptor-mediated changes in activity of neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat: an in vivo ionophoretic study (1997) (2)
Proceedings: The carotid chemoreceptor input to the inspiratory neurones of the nucleus of the tractus solitarius. (1976) (2)
A modified perfusion system for the rat working heart-brainstem preparation (1999) (2)
Electrophysiological identification of neurones of the tuberoinfundibular system. (1971) (2)
Inhibition of ADH release by stimulation of afferent cardiac branches of the right vagus in cats. (1973) (2)
[Effect of activation and blockade of central P2X receptors on body temperature]. (2002) (2)
RESPIRATORY MODULATION OF CERVICAL SYMPATHETIC PREGANGLIONIC NEURONS IN THE ANESTHETIZED RAT (1985) (2)
Carotid Baroreceptor Input to the Cat's Brain - Where is the First Synapse? (1980) (2)
Chemosensory Control of the Respiratory Function (2004) (1)
Systemic P2 receptor blockade attenuates increase in body temperature evoked by lipopolisaccharide in conscious rats (2004) (1)
Inhibitory control of cardiac vagal motoneurones (1985) (1)
Adenosine release in the nucleus of the solitary tract during hypothalamic stimulation and hypoxia in anaesthetised rats (2002) (1)
Chemosensory control of the respiratory function. Working towards understanding the role of ATP-mediated purinergic signalling. (2004) (1)
Physiological aspects of autonomic nervous system function. (1993) (1)
Interaction of the Bezold-Jarisch reflex with the urinary bladder function. (2000) (1)
Discharges of medullary respiratory neurones during tilting. (1974) (1)
The effect of electrical and chemical stimulation of brainstem areas on bladder function in the rat (1997) (1)
Cardiac afferent inputs to the nucleus tracts solitarius (NTS) in the cat (1997) (1)
The excitability of sinus nerve afferent terminals during the respiratory cycle [proceedings]. (1978) (1)
The roles of adenosine A 1 and A 2A receptors in modulating activity of neurones recorded extracellularly from the rostral ventrolateral medulla of the rat (1997) (1)
Proceedings: Hind limb vasodilatation evoked by stimulation of the motor cortex. (1975) (1)
Roleofbrainstem adenosine A1receptors inthecardiovascular responsetohypothalamic defence areastimulation inthe anaesthetized rat (1996) (1)
Central Terminations of Carotid Body Chemoreceptor Afferents (1987) (1)
Strategies for investigating vagal efferent projections with anterograde axonal tracers (1999) (0)
Evidence that the parabrachial nucleus receives cardiac vagal afferent inputs via a direct projection from the nucleus tractus solitarii in the rat (2001) (0)
Hypothalamic defence area stimulation induces fast adenosine release in the nucleus of the solitary tract (2001) (0)
Chemosensory control of respiratory activity: role of purinergic signalling (2007) (0)
Is presynaptic inhibition responsible for suppression of the baroreceptor reflex during the defence reaction [proceedings]. (1977) (0)
Catecholamine-synthesizing vagal preganglionic neurones in the dorsal motonucleus of the vagus nerve in rat (1997) (0)
P2X 2 receptor subunit immunoreactive respiratory neurones of the ventral respiratory group in the rat (2003) (0)
The tachypnoea evoked by non-peptidic delta opiate receptor agonists, but not that due to chest compression, is blocked by Naltrindole in the anaesthetised rabbit (2005) (0)
Role of P2 purinoceptors in responses of ventrolateral medulla respiratory neurones to systemic hypercapnia in the anaesthetized rat (1999) (0)
ATP mediates CO 2 -chemosensitivity in the carotid body in mice (2005) (0)
Adenosine A 1 and A 2A receptors modulate activity of neurones in rostral ventrolateral medullar (1997) (0)
Cardiovascular/Respiratory Control & Autonomic Functions (2005) (0)
A population of electrically silent neurones within ventral lateral medulla display rhythmic respiratory-related activity during GABA(A) receptor blockade and during hypercapnia (2001) (0)
Effect of natural stimulation of macular labyrinthine receptors on the discharge pattern of brain stem respiratory neurones. (1974) (0)
pH-sensitive purinoceptors and central chemoreception (2000) (0)
Activation of the nucleus tractus solitarius and the parabrachial nucleus following electrical stimulation of the cardiac branch of the vagus in the rat (2000) (0)
Neurones of the nucleus tractus solitarii receiving cardiopulmonary afferent inputs project directly to the parabrachial nucleus in the rat (2001) (0)
Selective effects of direct stimulation of cardiac vagal ganglia in the rat (2001) (0)
Role of adenosine in hypothalamic mechanisms of body temperature regulation in conscious rats (2005) (0)
The effects of almitrine on (3H)5HT and (125I) endothelin binding to central and peripheral receptors: an in vitro autoradiographic study in the cat. (1993) (0)
Letter: Area postrema and blood pressure. (1974) (0)
A functional study of uncrossed and crossed pulmonary afferent fibres in the cervical vagus nerves of the cat (2001) (0)
Sympatho-inhibitory neurones in the rostral ventrolateral medullar oblongata (RVLM) of the rat: electrophysiological and ultrastructural characteristics (1997) (0)
INTRACELLULAR STUDIES ON AFFERENT TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE NUCLEUS TRACTUS SOLITARIUS OF THE CAT (1983) (0)
Action ofadenosine receptor antagonists on thecardiovascular responsetodefence areastimulation intherat (1994) (0)
Cardiovascular/Respiratory Control (2005) (0)
Localization of [: Possible Baro- and Chemoreceptor Involvement125: Possible Baro- and Chemoreceptor Involvementi]endothelin Binding Sites in the Region of the Carotid Bifurcation and Brainstem of the Cat: Possible Baro- and Chemoreceptor Involvement (1991) (0)
Studies on the Bezold Jarisch reflex elicited by veratridine in the rat. (2000) (0)
Theeffect of5-HTandselective 5-HTreceptor agonists and antagonists on ratdorsal vagal preganglionic neuronesinvitro (1996) (0)
EXTRACELLULAR RECORDINGS FROM SYMPATHETIC PREGANGLIONIC NEURONS IN A NEONATAL RAT BRAIN-STEM SPINAL-CORD PREPARATION (1993) (0)
The parasympathetic innervation of the heart (1997) (0)
Tumour necrosis factor-α inhibits central respiratory output in anaesthetized rats (2003) (0)
Sympathetic Preganglionic Neurons In Vitro Can Evoke Monosynaptic GABAergic IPSPs in Stimulation Within the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla (2015) (0)
Proceedings of the Physiological Society and the Societa Italiana Di Fisiologia, 11‐13 July 1985, Oxford Meeting: Communications (0)
Endotoxin impairs the hypoxic ventilatory response in anaesthetized adult rats (2003) (0)

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