Relative contributions of the thalamus and the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus to the cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Xu, Bo ^a   Zheng, Hong ^a   Patel, Kaushik P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Paraventricular nucleus; Sympathetic activity; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; CAPSAICIN; LIDOCAINE; MUSCIMOL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; EPICARDIUM; HEART INNERVATION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; THALAMUS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; VAGOTOMY;

CARDIOVASCULAR; PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC ACTIVITY; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYKININ; CAPSAICIN; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY SYSTEM AGENTS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THALAMUS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84880068377     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00004.2013     Document Type: Article

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