Responses of neurons in the rostral ventrolateral medulla to whole body rotations: Comparisons in decerebrate and conscious cats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1699-1707

  DeStefino, V J ^a,b   Reighard, D A ^a   Sugiyama, Y ^a   Suzuki, T ^a   Cotter, L A ^a   Larson, M G ^a   Gandhi, N J ^a,b,c   Barman, S M ^d   Yates, B J ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Orthostatic hypotension; Otolith organ; Sympathetic nervous system; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADRENERGIC NERVE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSTURE; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CYTOLOGY; DECEREBRATION; INNERVATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PROPRIOCEPTION; ROTATION; TIME; VESTIBULE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATS; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECEREBRATE STATE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 79959355902     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00180.2011     Document Type: Article

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