Centrally mediated vasodilation of the rat's tail by angiotensin II

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 861-865

  Fregly, Melvin J ^a   Rowland, Neil E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Colonic temperature; Drinking; Subfornical organ lesion; Tail skin temperature

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TAIL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030249218     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00157-6     Document Type: Article

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