Role of summation of afferent input in cardiovascular reflexes from splanchnic nerve stimulation

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 3 39-3, 1996, Pages

  Pan, Hui Lin ^a,b   Zeisse, Zachary B ^a   Longhurst, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

conduction velocity; electrical stimulation; nerve cooling; nociceptors; sympathetic chain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAT; COOLING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK;

EID: 0029997692     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.270.3.h849     Document Type: Article

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