Differential cardiac parasympathetic innervation - What is the functional significance? [1]

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 2 56-2, 2004, Pages

  Verberne, Anthony J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; BRADYCARDIA; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PERIAMBIGUAL AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX BRADYCARDIA; TACHYCARDIA; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL MOTOR NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE NUCLEUS; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BRADYCARDIA; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; HEART; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 3242811207     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00173.2004     Document Type: Letter

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