Vulnerability to arrhythmias during social stress in rats with different sympathovagal balance

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

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

  Sgoifo, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Defeat; Norepinephrine; Telemetry electrocardiograms; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; VAGUS TONE;

EID: 0031828123     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.275.2.h460     Document Type: Article

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