Correlation of discharges of rostral ventrolateral medullary neurons with the low-frequency sympathetic rhythm in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 454, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-27

  Tseng, Wan Ting ^a   Chen, Ruei Feng ^a   Tsai, Meng Li ^b   Yen, Chen Tung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Low frequency rhythm; Rostral ventrolateral medulla; Sympathetic nerve activity; Sympathetic rhythm

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 62349089009     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.02.057     Document Type: Article

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