Characterization of an esophagocardiovascular reflex in the rat

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 6 41-6, 1997, Pages

  Loomis, Christopher W ^a   Yao, Dongyuan ^a,b   Bieger, Detlef ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antinociceptive agents; Esophageal distension; Solitary complex; Spinal afferents; Vagal afferents

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; METHYLSCOPOLAMINE; MORPHINE; PANCURONIUM; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030839175     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.272.6.r1783     Document Type: Article

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