Cutaneous mechanical stimulation regulates ovarian blood flow via activation of spinal and supraspinal reflex pathways in anesthetized rats

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 265-277

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

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Cutaneous stimulation; Ovarian blood flow; Ovarian sympathetic nerve; Rat

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY BLOOD FLOW; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SKIN STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINAL REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; REFLEX; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33646248367     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: 0021521X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.R2133     Document Type: Article

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