Constriction of the ear pinna vascular bed accompanies the trigeminal depressor response in rabbits

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 172-174

  Yu, Ying Hui ^a   Blessing, W W ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular regulation; Cutaneous blood flow; Medulla oblongata; Nociceptive stimulation; Skin blood flow; Sympathetic nerves

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; EXTERNAL EAR; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0032561192     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00717-4     Document Type: Article

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