Stereotyped yawning responses induced by electrical and chemical stimulation of paraventricular nucleus of the rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2765-2775

  Sato Suzuki, Ikuko ^a   Kita, Ichiro ^a   Oguri, Mitsugu ^a   Arita, Hideho ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART RATE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; YAWNING;

EID: 0031731234     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.5.2765     Document Type: Article

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