Electrical stimulation of the mesencephalic ventral tegmental area evokes skeletal muscle vasodilatation in the cat and rat

Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-301

  Matsukawa, Kanji ^a   Nakamoto, Tomoko ^a   Liang, Nan ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central command; Muscle vasodilatation; Substantia nigra; Sympathetic cholinergic nerve; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAT; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; INNERVATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMUS, POSTERIOR; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VASODILATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 79960843233     PISSN: 18806546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12576-011-0149-8     Document Type: Article

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