Microneurography in anesthetized rats for the measurement of sympathetic nerve activity in the sciatic nerve

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 35-39

  Nakamura, Takao ^a   Kawahara, Koichi ^b   Kusunoki, Masataka ^c   Feng, Zhonggang ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microneurography; Peripheral sympathetic nerve activity (SNA); Rat; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHONIUM BROMIDE; TUNGSTEN;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; MICRONEUROGRAPHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPIKE; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING;

EID: 0344514619     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(03)00234-6     Document Type: Article

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