Activation of spinally projecting and nitrergic neurons in the PVN following heat exposure

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Joo, Lee Cham ^a   Klein, Rudi ^a   Owens, Neil C ^a   Mathai, Michael ^b   McKinley, Michael ^b   Badoer, Emilio ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fos immunohistochemistry; Spinally projecting

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TEMPERATURE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33745684305     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00675.2005     Document Type: Article

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