Effect of reversible inactivation of the kolliker fuse nucleus on basal blood pressure and heart rate in anesthetized rat

Basic and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-8

  Shafei, Mohammad Naser ^a   Alaei, Hojatallah ^b   Farrokhi, Esmaeil ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; CoCl2; Heart rate; Kolliker fuse nucleus; Reversible inactivation

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CENTRAL INTERMEDIATE SUBSTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC DEVICE; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84866901570     PISSN: 2008126X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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