Role of the medial amygdala in mediating responses to aversive stimuli leading to hypertension

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-143

  Davern, Pamela J ^a   Head, Geoffrey A ^a,b  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Medial amygdala; Stress; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR;

BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMOTION; HEART RATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SENSORY CORTEX; TELEMETRY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEAR; HYPERTENSION; MICE; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79251482127     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2010.05413.x     Document Type: Review

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