Spatiotemporal aspects of sympathetic C-fiber afferent activity in pressor reflex during abdominal ischemia

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 41-4, 1997, Pages

  Pan, Hui Lin ^b   Zeisse, Zachary B ^a   Pitsillides, Koullis F ^a   Longhurst, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

afferent neurons; cardiovascular reflexes; ischemia; sensory receptors; summation; visceral nociceptors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CAT; ISCHEMIA; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SPATIAL SUMMATION;

EID: 0031005229     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.4.h1928     Document Type: Article

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