Properties of a projection pathway from the medial preoptic nucleus to the midbrain periaqueductal gray of the rat and its role in the regulation of cardiovascular function

Brain Research

Volumn 740, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 141-150

  Behbehani, Michael M ^a   Da Costa Gomez, Tamara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; hypothalamus; medial preoptic nucleus; pain; periaqueductal gray

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; LIDOCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030592741     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00858-X     Document Type: Article

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