Pseudoaffective cardioautonomic responses to gastric distension in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 1 46-1, 1999, Pages

  Tougas, Gervais ^a,b   Wang, Lu ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capsaicin sensitive visceral afferents; Pseudoaffective response; Vagal afferents; Visceral nociception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEART RATE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH DISTENSION; STOMACH INNERVATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0032808368     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.1.r272     Document Type: Article

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