Convergent carotid sinus nerve and superior laryngeal nerve afferent inputs to neurons in the NTS

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 4 40-4, 1996, Pages

  Mifflin, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

baroreceptor; chemoreceptor; laryngeal mechanoreceptors; larynx; neural control of circulation; neural control of respiration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAROTID SINUS NERVE; CAT; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; FEMALE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE;

EID: 0029858938     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.4.r870     Document Type: Article

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