Cardiovascular responses to vaginocervical stimulation in the spinal cord-transected rat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 4 42-4, 1997, Pages

  Sansone, Giorgio R ^a   Bianca, Ralph ^a   Cueva Rolón, Rafael ^b   Gómez, Lisbeth E ^b   Komisaruk, Barry R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ctro de Invest y Estud Avanzados   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysreflexia; Baroceptor reflex; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Spinal autonomic reflexes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BIRTH; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0030689719     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.4.r1361     Document Type: Article

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