The role of the spinal cord as a reflex center for the somatically induced reflex responses of splenic sympathetic and natural killer cell activity in anesthetized rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 109-112

  Kagitani, F ^a   Kimura, A ^a   Sato, A ^a   Suzuki, A ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cutaneous stimulation; Natural killer cell; Rat; Somato sympathetic reflex; Spinal reflex; Splenic sympathetic nerve

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINAL REFLEX; SPLEEN;

EID: 0030592541     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)13072-X     Document Type: Article

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