Brain circuits mediating baroreflex bradycardia inhibition in rats: An anatomical and functional link between the cuneiform nucleus and the periaqueductal grey

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2079-2091

  Netzer, Florence ^a   Bernard, Jean François ^a   Verberne, Anthony J M ^b   Hamon, Michel ^a   Camus, Françoise ^a   Benoliel, Jean Jacques ^a   Sévoz Couche, Caroline ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAROREFLEX BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEIFORM NUCLEUS; HEART RATE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TISSUE SECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; MESENCEPHALON; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 79954553034     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.203737     Document Type: Article

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