Physiological survey of medullary raphe and magnocellular reticular neurons in the anesthetized rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1630-1646

  Leung, Cynthia G ^a,b   Mason, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL TYPE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; LATENT PERIOD; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0031738666     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.4.1630     Document Type: Article

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