Location of cat brain stem neurons that drive sweating

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Shafton, Anthony D ^a   McAllen, Robin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Medulla oblongata; Sweating; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PONS; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; ROSTRAL VENTROMEDIAL MEDULLA; SWEATING; VENTRAL ROOT;

MEDULLA OBLONGATA; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN STEM; CATS; NEURONS; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84878652543     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00040.2013     Document Type: Article

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