Activation of the habenula complex evokes autonomic physiological responses similar to those associated with emotional stress

Physiological Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Ootsuka, Youichirou ^a   Mohammed, Mazher ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Brown adipose tissue temperature; Cutaneous blood flow; Lateral habenula; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EVOKED RESPONSE; HABENULA; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; MYDRIASIS; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; RAT; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 85005959296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12297     Document Type: Article

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