Muscarinic cholinoceptors in the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus facilitate tail heat loss during physical exercise

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 73, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 28-33

  Wanner, Samuel P ^a   Guimarães, Juliana B ^a   Rodrigues, Luiz Oswaldo C ^a   Marubayashi, Umeko ^b   Coimbra, Cândido C ^b   Lima, Nilo R V ^a  

^a Department of Physical Education   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Exercise; Fatigue; Mediobasal hypothalamus; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

METHYLATROPINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PENTOBARBITAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FATIGUE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HEAT LOSS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE DERIVATIVES; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EXERTION; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RUNNING; SKIN; TAIL; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 34248158562     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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