The insular cortex and the regulation of cardiac function

Comprehensive Physiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1081-1133

  Oppenheimer, Stephen ^a   Cechetto, David ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS;

EID: 84991494581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20404603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c140076     Document Type: Article

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