Independent transmission of convergent visceral primary afferents in the solitary tract nucleus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 507-517

  McDougall, Stuart J ^a   Andresen, Michael C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A fiber; C fiber; Microstimulation; Spillover; Vagus

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPTOSOME;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; VISCERA;

EID: 84872369356     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00726.2012     Document Type: Article

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