Regulation of Autonomic Function by Visceral and Somatic Afferents

Central Regulation of Autonomic Functions

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Longhurst, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocannabinoids; GABA; Glutamate; Ischemia; Nociceptin; Opioids; Reflex cardiovascular regulation; Rostral ventrolateral medulla; Serotonin; Somatic afferents; Visceral afferents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921597010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195306637.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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