Role of the insular cortex in the modulation of baroreflex sensitivity

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 5 43-5, 1998, Pages

  Saleh, Tarek M ^a   Connell, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lidocaine; Parasympathetic tone; Plasma catecholamines; Sympathetic tone; Vagal stimulation; Visceral afferents

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EFFERENT NERVE; INSULA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS TONE;

EID: 0031803716     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.5.r1417     Document Type: Article

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