Graded and dynamic reflex summation of myelinated and unmyelinated rat aortic baroreceptors

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 3 46-3, 1999, Pages

  Fan, Wei ^a   Schild, John H ^a,b   Andresen, Michael C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anodal block; Baroreflex; C fiber

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA NERVE; AORTA PRESSORECEPTOR; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART RATE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MYELINATED NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0032862901     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.277.3.r748     Document Type: Article

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