The dorsomedial hypothalamus and the central pathways involved in the cardiovascular response to emotional stress

Neuroscience

Volumn 184, Issue , 2011, Pages 64-74

  Fontes, M A P ^a   Xavier, C H ^a   de Menezes, R C A ^b   DiMicco, J A ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular system; Central pathways; Dorsomedial hypothalamus; Stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; DOPAMINE;

ACUTE STRESS; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RATE; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEUS RAPHE PALLIDUS; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TACHYCARDIA; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; NEURONS; RATS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 79956020513     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.03.018     Document Type: Review

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