Muscle mechanosensitive receptors close to the myotendinous junction of the Achilles tendon elicit a pressor reflex

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2112-2120

  Nakamoto, Tomoko ^a   Matsukawa, Kanji ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anesthetized rats; Exercise; Gadolinium; Muscle thin fiber afferents; Passive mechanical stretch

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; LIDOCAINE;

ACHILLES REFLEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERTION; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFLEX;

EID: 34447520440     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01344.2006     Document Type: Article

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