Sinusoidal galvanic vestibular stimulation (sGVS) induces a vasovagal response in the rat

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-55

  Cohen, Bernard ^a   Martinelli, Giorgio P ^a   Ogorodnikov, Dmitri ^a   Xiang, Yongqing ^b   Raphan, Theodore ^b   Holstein, Gay R ^a   Yakushin, Sergei B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Otolith organs; Vertical semicircular canals

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; SILVER; SILVER CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; ELECTRODE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MALE; MASTOID; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINUSOIDAL GALVANIC VESTIBULAR STIMULATION; TELEMETRY; VAGUS REFLEX; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART RATE; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; VAGUS NERVE; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 79953824304     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2604-4     Document Type: Article

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