Increased nerve growth factor inducible-A gene and c-fos messenger RNA levels in the rat midbrain and hindbrain associated with the cardiovascular response to electrical stimulation of the mesencephalic cuneiform nucleus

Neuroscience

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 193-211

  Lam, W ^a   Gundlach, A L ^a   Verberne, A J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artenial blood pressure; Defence reaction; Periaqueductual gray; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEIFORM NUCLEUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART RATE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030031891     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00450-5     Document Type: Article

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