Detecting activation of the sympatho-adrenal axis from haemodynamic recordings, in conscious rabbits exposed to acute stress

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 323-337

  Roatta, S ^a   Mohammed, M ^a   Passatore, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Adrenaline; Blood flow; Oro facial area; Sympathetic nervous system; Vascular conductance

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; FORMALDEHYDE; PHENTOLAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECENTRALIZATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RABBITS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 79251621721     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02179.x     Document Type: Article

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