Functionally different neurons are organized topographically in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of rabbits

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 67-78

  Ootsuka, Youichirou ^a   Terui, Naohito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Rostral ventrolateral medulla; Sympatho excitatory neuron; Topography

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; EAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RENAL ARTERY; SKIN; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEART RATE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031551952     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(97)00094-5     Document Type: Article

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