The role of the vagus nerve in the generation of cardiorespiratory interactions in a neotropical fish, the pacu, Piaractus mesopotamicus

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 195, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 721-731

  Leite, Cleo Alcantara Costa ^a   Taylor, E W ^a,b   Guerra, C D R ^a   Florindo, L H ^c   Belao T ^a   Rantin, F T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac vagal pre ganglionic neurons; Cardiorespiratory interactions; Heart rate; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BREATHING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FISH; GILL; HEART; HEART RATE; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FISHES; GILLS; HEART; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; RESPIRATION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 69449086054     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0447-2     Document Type: Article

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