Reflex choroidal blood flow responses of the eyeball following somatic sensory stimulation in rats

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-41

  Shimura, Mayura ^a   Uchida, Sae ^a,b   Suzuki, Atsuko ^a,b   Nakajima, Kaori ^a   Aikawa, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical sympathetic trunk; Choroidal blood flow; Rat; Somatic stimulation; Superior salivary nucleus

Indexed keywords

1 (2 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYL)IMIDAZOLE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PHENTOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CHOROID VASCULARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOROID; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EYE; IMIDAZOLES; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENTOLAMINE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0037129139     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-0702(02)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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