Activity of C fibre cardiac vagal efferents in anaesthetized cats and rats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 507, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 869-880

  Jones, James F X ^b   Wang, Yun ^a   Jordan, David ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYLBIGUANIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CAT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART CYCLE; LATENT PERIOD; LUNG INFLATION; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY DRIVE; SENSORY NERVE; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BREATHING; EFFERENT NERVE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEART INNERVATION; LUNG CIRCULATION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER C; NONMYELINATED NERVE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; AXONS; CATS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HEART; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RESPIRATION; SYNAPSES; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032520858     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.869bs.x     Document Type: Article

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