Injection of Mesobuthus tamulus venom in distal segment of femoral artery evokes hyperventilatory and hypertensive responses in anaesthetised rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 438, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-66

  Singh, Sanjeev K ^a   Deshpande, Shripad B ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Indian red scorpion venom; Nociception; Perivascular afferents; Vasosensory reflex

Indexed keywords

MESOBUTHUS TAMULUS VENOM; SCORPION VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING RATE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMORAL ARTERY; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVENTILATION; LATENT PERIOD; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; MESOBUTHUS TAMULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORPION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; DENERVATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL NERVE; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVENTILATION; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; RATS; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REFLEX; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SCIATIC NERVE; SCORPION VENOMS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 43549112866     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.04.037     Document Type: Article

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