Sympatho-inhibitory response of the heart as a result of short-term acupuncture-like stimulation of the rat hindlimb is not augmented when sympathetic tone is high as a result of hypercapnia

Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-225

  Uchida, Sae ^a   Kagitani, Fusako ^a   Watanabe, Nobuhiro ^a   Hotta, Harumi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cardiac sympathetic nerve; Sympathetic tone

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HEART; HEART RATE; HINDLIMB; HYPERCAPNIA; INNERVATION; LEG; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; HEART; HEART RATE; HINDLIMB; HYPERCAPNIA; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 77953540719     PISSN: 18806546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12576-009-0084-0     Document Type: Article

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