Cardiac vagal preganglionic neurones: An update

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 199, Issue , 2016, Pages 24-28

  Gourine, Alexander V ^a   Machhada, Asif ^a   Trapp, Stefan ^a   Spyer, K Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular conductance; Contractility; Excitability; Left ventricle; Parasympathetic; Vagal preganglionic neurones

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CARDIAC GANGLION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INNERVATION; HUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS; VAGUS TONE; ANIMAL; HEART; HEART RATE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84979658422     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.06.003     Document Type: Review

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