
Intermittent activation of peripheral chemoreceptors in awake rats induces Fos expression in rostral ventrolateral medulla-projecting neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus
Keywords: chemoreflex; arterial chemoreceptors; Fos protein; paraventricular nucleus; sympathetic activity; DC; dorsal-cap; Fos-ir; Fos-immunoreactivity; HR; heart rate; LM; lateral magnocellular; MAP; mean arterial pressure; NTS; nucleus tractus solitarius; OT; ox