Galvanic vestibular stimulation counteracts hypergravity-induced plastic alteration of vestibulo-cardiovascular reflex in rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1089-1094

  Abe, Chikara ^a   Tanaka, Kunihiko ^a   Awazu, Chihiro ^a   Morita, Hironobu ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Daily activity; Fos expression; Linear acceleration; Vestibular lesion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALVANIC VESTIBULAR TEST; GRAVITY; HEART RATE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART RATE; HYPERGRAVITY; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 70350129741     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00400.2009     Document Type: Article

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