Opposite role of infralimbic and prelimbic cortex in the tachycardiac response evoked by acute restraint stress in rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2601-2607

  Tavares, R F ^a   Correa F M A ^a   Resstel, Leonardo B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular system; CoCl2; Medial prefrontal cortex; Stress

Indexed keywords

COBALT CHLORIDE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; COBALT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN CORTEX; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEART RATE; INFRALIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TACHYCARDIA; ANIMAL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; MENTAL STRESS; MICROINJECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; COBALT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; GYRUS CINGULI; HEART RATE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 70349229931     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22070     Document Type: Article

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