Buthus tamulus venom-induced vasosensory reflexes are mediated through efferent pathways in sympathetic and vagal parasympathetics

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 464, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-202

  Singh, Sanjeev K ^a   Deshpande, Shripad B ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Perivascular afferents; Terazosin; Vagotomy; Vasosensory reflexes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; SCORPION VENOM; TERAZOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SCORPION; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS REFLEX;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; PRAZOSIN; RATS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SCORPION VENOMS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 70149105242     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.08.052     Document Type: Article

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