Central mechanisms regulating coordinated cardiovascular and respiratory function during stress and arousal

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 5, 2015, Pages R429-R443

  Dampney, Roger A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Defensive behavior; Hypothalamus; Midbrain; Respiratory activity; Sympathetic activity; Sympathetic premotor nuclei

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASOCONSTRICTION; ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; BREATHING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEMODYNAMICS; INNERVATION; LUNG; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LUNG; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RESPIRATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84940642228     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00051.2015     Document Type: Review

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