Central command, but not muscle reflex, stimulates cutaneous sympathetic efferents of cats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

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

  Hill, Janeen M ^a,b   Kaufman, Marc P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Dynamic exercise; Hairy skin; Neural control of the circulation

Indexed keywords

PHENTOLAMINE; VECURONIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART RATE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MESENCEPHALON; MUSCLE REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0031805365     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.5.h1552     Document Type: Article

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