Spectral analysis of arterial blood pressure and raphe magnus neuronal activity in anesthetized rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 2 40-2, 1996, Pages

  Leung, Cynthia G ^a   Mason, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; fast Fourier transform; nociceptive modulation; pain; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAT; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0029794288     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.2.r483     Document Type: Article

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