Haemorrhage-evoked decompensation and recompensation mediated by distinct projections from rostral and caudal midline medulla in the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2096-2110

  Heslop, David J ^a   Bandler, Richard ^a   Keay, Kevin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pain; Raphe; Shock; Spinal cord; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 4944235885     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03660.x     Document Type: Article

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