Independent vasomotor control of rat tail and proximal hairy skin

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 582, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 421-433

  Tanaka, Mutsumi ^a   Ootsuka, Youichirou ^b   Mckinley, Michael J ^a   McAllen, Robin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; HAIRLESS RAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN NERVE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TAIL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; TRUNK;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; DINOPROSTONE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GABA AGONISTS; HAIR; HEAT; INJECTIONS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PREOPTIC AREA; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TAIL; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 34347228700     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.131292     Document Type: Article

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