Real-time imaging of cortical and subcortical sites of cardiovascular control: Concurrent recordings of sympathetic nerve activity and fMRI in awake subjects

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1199-1207

  Macefield, Vaughan G ^a,b   Henderson, Luke A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

fMRI; Microneurography; MSNA; SSNA; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR INSULA; BOLD SIGNAL; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULA; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; POSTERIOR INSULA; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THALAMUS; WAKEFULNESS; ZONA INCERTA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; MICROELECTRODE; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROELECTRODES; MUSCLES; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84986563968     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00783.2015     Document Type: Review

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