Rostral dorsolateral pontine neurons with sympathetic nerve-related activity

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 45-2, 1999, Pages

  Barman, Susan M ^a   Gebber, Gerard L ^a   Kitchens, Heather ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreceptor reflex; Locus coeruleus; Parabrachial and Kolliker Fuse complex; Sympathetic rhythms

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PONS ANGLE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033058567     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.2.h401     Document Type: Article

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