Vestibular afferents to the dorsal vagal complex: Substrate for vestibular-autonomic interactions in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 743, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 294-302

  Ruggiero, David A ^a,b   Mtui, Estomih P ^c   Otake, Kazuyoshi ^d   Anwar, Muhammad ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Neurological Research Institute of Lubec   (United States)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; gravity; movement; orthostatic hypotension; somato autonomic reflex; vestibular sensory system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLERA TOXIN; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; VAGUS NERVE; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0030472778     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01099-2     Document Type: Article

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