Deep brain stimulation of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus may influence renal function

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1135-1138

  Xiang, Hong Bing ^a   Liu, Cheng ^a   Guo, Qing Qing ^a   Li, Rong Chun ^a   Ye, Da Wei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CELL LABELING; CELL SUBPOPULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PSEUDORABIES HERPETOVIRUS; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TEGMENTUM;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HERPESVIRUS 1, SUID; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

SUID HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 80755139760     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.09.022     Document Type: Article

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