Possible involvement of the vagus nerve in monitoring plasma catecholamine levels

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 353-355

  Mravec, Boris ^a,b  

^a Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Adrenergic receptors; Epinephrine; Glucose; Heart; Mechanosensors; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATECHOLAMINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; SENSORY NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; EPINEPHRINE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MECHANORECEPTORS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33748921240     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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