Neural mechanisms of reflex inhibition of heart rate elicited by acupuncture-like stimulation in anesthetized rats

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 18-23

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

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cardiac sympathetic nerve; GABAA receptors; Heart rate; Muscle afferents; Supraspinal reflex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ABDOMEN; ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CISTERNA MAGNA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FORELIMB; HEART RATE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; REFLEX ARC; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; THORAX; TIBIAL NERVE;

ACUPUNCTURE; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART RATE; HINDLIMB; NEURAL INHIBITION; RATS; REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 77957872893     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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