The Hypothalamus and Autonomic Regulation: An Overview

Central Regulation of Autonomic Functions

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dampney, Roger A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Circumventricular organs; Defensive behaviour; Dorsomedial hypothalamus; Heart failure; Neurogenic hypertension; Paraventricular nucleus; Perifornical area; Stereotyped autonomic responses

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