Cardiovascular responses to chemical stimulation of the lateral tegmental field and adjacent medullary reticular formation in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 977, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-260

  Marchenko, V ^a   Sapru, H N ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradycardia; Commissural subnucleus of the nTS; Depressor response; Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus; LTF; Nucleus ambiguus; Pressor response; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN REGION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DECEREBRATION; HEART RATE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; STIMULATION; TACHYCARDIA; TEGMENTUM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0037493754     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02719-7     Document Type: Article

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