Baroreflex frequency-response characteristics to aortic depressor and carotid sinus nerve stimulation in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 6 40-6, 1996, Pages

  Fan, Wei ^a   Reynolds, Patrick J ^a   Andresen, Michael C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

baroreceptors; blood pressure; chloralose urethan; heart rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA PRESSORECEPTOR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CAROTID SINUS NERVE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART RATE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030460699     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.271.6.h2218     Document Type: Article

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