The rostral ventrolateral medulla mediates suppression of the circulatory system by the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus

Brain Research

Volumn 724, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 186-190

  Hirasawa, Michiru ^a   Nishihara, Masugi ^a   Takahashi, Michio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Multiunit activity; Rat; Rostral ventrolateral medulla; Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CELL STIMULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030591474     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00306-X     Document Type: Article

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