Sensory stimulation (massage) reduces blood pressure in unanaesthetized rats

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-37

  Lund, Iréne ^a   Lundeberg, Thomas ^a   Kurosawa, Mieko ^c   Uvnäs Moberg, Kerstin ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Massage; Rats; Stroking

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; MALE; MASSAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; HEART RATE; MALE; MASSAGE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033373693     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(99)00055-7     Document Type: Article

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