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Neural organisation and control of the baroreceptor reflex

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Abbreviations

AN:

Aortic nerve

BVM:

Preganglionic bronchomotor neurone

C:

Cervical spinal cord

CVM:

Preganglionic cardiac vagal motoneurone

DLF:

Dorsolateral funiculus

DLH:

Di-homocysteic acid

DNV:

Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus

ECG:

Electrocardiogram

5HT:

5-hydroxytryptamine

IC:

Intercostal

IML:

Intermediolateral cell column

IMM:

Intermediomedial cell column

LRN:

Lateral reticular nucleus

NA:

Nucleus ambiguus

NPR:

Paramedian reticular nucleus

NTS:

Nucleus of the tractus solitarius

SN:

Sinus nerve

T:

Thoracic spinal cord

TS:

Tractus solitarius

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Spyer, K.M. (1981). Neural organisation and control of the baroreceptor reflex. In: Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Volume 88. Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, vol 88. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0034536

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