Role of medulla oblongata in generation of sympathetic and vagal outflows

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 107, Issue , 1996, Pages 127-144

  Guyenet, P G ^a   Koshiya, N ^a   Huangfu, D ^a   Baraban, S C ^a   Stornetta, R L ^a   Li, Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

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ADRENERGIC NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029851105     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)61862-2     Document Type: Review

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