Synchronized activation of sympathetic vasomotor, cardiac, and respiratory outputs by neurons in the midbrain colliculi

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Iigaya, Kamon ^a   Müller Ribeiro, Flávia Camargos de Figueirêdo ^a,b   Horiuchi, Jouji ^a,c   McDowall, Lachlan M ^a   Nalivaiko, Eugene ^d   Fontes, Marco A P ^b   Dampney, Roger A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure; Command neuron; Defensive behavior; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BREATHING RATE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; STEREOTYPY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VAGOTOMY;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; HEART; HEART RATE; INFERIOR COLLICULI; KIDNEY; MALE; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 84866405820     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00205.2012     Document Type: Article

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