Comparison between two rat sympathetic pathways activated in cold defense

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Ootsuka, Youichirou ^a,b   McAllen, Robin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interscapular brown adipose tissue; Spectral analysis; Tail; Vasoconstrictor fiber

Indexed keywords

URETHAN; WATER;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TAIL ARTERY; TRUNK; WARMING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TAIL;

EID: 33748458681     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00850.2005     Document Type: Article

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