Ovarian blood flow is reflexively regulated by mechanical afferent stimulation of a hindlimb in nonpregnant anesthetized rats

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-97

  Uchida, Sae ^a,b   Hotta, Harumi ^a,b   Kagitani, Fusako ^b   Aikawa, Yoshihiro ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mechanical stimulation; Muscle; Ovarian blood flow; Ovarian sympathetic nerve; Rat; Skin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHENTOLAMINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HINDLIMB; HYPERTENSION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TIME;

EID: 0038826522     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-0702(03)00073-0     Document Type: Article

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