Central nuclei mediating estrogen-induced changes in autonomic tone and baroreceptor reflex in male rats

Brain Research

Volumn 961, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 190-200

  Saleh, Tarek M ^a   Connell, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central nucleus of the amygdala; Insular cortex; Lateral hypothalamic area; Parabrachial nucleus; Ventral posteromedial thalamus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULA; KIDNEY NERVE; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ESTROGENS; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; LIDOCAINE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TIME FACTORS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0037473967     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03928-8     Document Type: Article

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