Medullary sympathoexcitatory neurons are inhibited by activation of the medial prefrontal cortex in the rat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 4 39-4, 1996, Pages

  Verberne, Anthony J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cardiovascular system; rostral ventrolateral medulla; sympathetic vasomotor outflow

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0029928226     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.270.4.r713     Document Type: Article

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