Inhibition of medullary raphé/parapyramidal neurons prevents cutaneous vasoconstriction elicited by alerting stimuli and by cold exposure in conscious rabbits

Brain Research

Volumn 1051, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 189-193

  Ootsuka, Youichirou ^a   Blessing, William W ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ear pinna blood flow; Emotional stress; Muscimol; Thermoregulatory stress

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN STEM; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RABBIT; RAPHE NUCLEUS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; EAR; GABA AGONISTS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCIMOL; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RABBITS; RAPHE NUCLEI; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 22144478315     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.05.062     Document Type: Article

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