Spinal segments communicating resting sympathetic activity to postganglionic nerves of the stellate ganglion

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 2 44-2, 1998, Pages

  Kocsis, Bernat ^a,b   Gyimesi Pelczer, Katalin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSURGERY   (Hungary)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Chloralose urethan anesthesia; Heart regulation; Inferior cardiac nerve; Urethan anesthesia; Vertebral nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART NERVE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0031818321     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.2.r400     Document Type: Article

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