Effects of negative air ions on activity of neural substrates involved in autonomic regulation in rats

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 481-489

  Suzuki, Satoko ^a   Yanagita, Shinya ^a   Amemiya, Seiichiro ^a   Kato, Yumi ^a   Kubota, Natsuko ^a   Ryushi, Tomoo ^b   Kita, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DAITO BUNKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic regulation; Immunohistochemistry; Negative air ions

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; HEART RATE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

AIR IONIZATION; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; HEART RATE; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 45849095748     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-007-0143-2     Document Type: Article

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