Electro-acupuncture stimulation to a hindpaw and a hind leg produces different reflex responses in sympathoadrenal medullary function in anesthetized rats

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 93-98

  Mori, Hidetoshi ^a   Uchida, Sae ^a   Ohsawa, Hideo ^a   Noguchi, Eitaro ^a   Kimura, Tomoaki ^a   Nishijo, Kazushi ^a  

^a TSUKUBA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal medullary hormone; Adrenal sympathetic nerve; Afferent fiber groups; Electro acupuncture; Rats; Reflex

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HINDLIMB; MALE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADRENAL MEDULLA; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HINDLIMB; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0033973004     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(99)00099-5     Document Type: Article

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