Vagal afferent projections to lobule VIIa of the rabbit cerebellar vermis related to cardiovascular control

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-117

  Kondo, M ^a   Sears, T A ^b   Sadakane, K ^a   Nisimaru, N ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Climbing fibre; Lobule VIIa; Rabbit; Vagal afferent nerve

Indexed keywords

HEART RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLIMBING FIBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LUNG RECEPTOR; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SENSORY NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; DECEREBRATE STATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; RABBITS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0031882116     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(97)00112-0     Document Type: Article

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