Is the aortic depressor nerve involved in arterial chemoreflexes in rats?

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-48

  Kobayashi, Masayoshi ^a   Cheng, Zhi Bin ^a   Tanaka, Keizo ^a   Nosaka, Shoichiro ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic depressor nerve; Carotid sinus nerve; Chemoreflex; Cyanide; Electrical stimulation; Hypercapnia; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA NERVE; ARTICLE; CAROTID SINUS NERVE; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; FACILITATION; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; AORTA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID BODY; CAROTID SINUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART RATE; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; POISONS; PRESSORECEPTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; RESPIRATION; SODIUM CYANIDE;

EID: 0033380697     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(99)00054-5     Document Type: Article

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