Cardiovascular and thermal responses evoked from the periaqueductal grey require neuronal activity in the hypothalamus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1201-1215

  de Menezes, Rodrigo C A ^b   Zaretsky, Dmitry V ^a   Fontes, Marco A P ^b   DiMicco, Joseph A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BREGMA; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONNECTOME; CORE TEMPERATURE; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; EVOKED RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; RAT; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCIMOL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 62749186146     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.161463     Document Type: Article

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