Pontine neurons are elements of the network responsible for the 10-Hz rhythm in sympathetic nerve discharge

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

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

  Barman, Susan M ^a,b   Kitchens, Heather L ^a   Leckow, Aaron B ^a   Gebber, Gerard L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Caudal ventrolateral pons; Frequency domain analyses; Muscimol microinjections; Rostral dorsolateral pons; Spike triggered averaging

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; DECEREBRATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0030714703     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.4.h1909     Document Type: Article

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