Modulation of the baroreceptor reflex by stimulation of the hypothalamic defense and vigilance areas

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1093-1098

  Duan, Yu Fei ^a,b   Winters, Ray W ^a   Mccabe, Philip M ^a   Green, Edward J ^a   Huang, Ying ^a   Schneiderman, Neil ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective behavior; Aortic nerve; Baroreceptor; Blood pressure; Heart rate Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA NERVE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0029974276     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02145-0     Document Type: Article

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