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Piloerection

Known as: goose flesh, pilomotor reflex, horripilation 
The reflex process in which the arrectores pilorum (hair follicle) muscles contract and cause the hair to stand erect. [GOC:BHF, http://en.wikipedia… 
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2006
2006
Peptidergic sensory and parasympathetic fiber sprouting in the mucosa of the rat urinary bladder in a chronic model of cyclophosphamide-induced cystitis
2002
2002
Fetal toxicity of Solanum lycocarpum (Solanaceae) in rats.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Acute administration of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) reduces dopamine and serotonin but accelerates norepinephrine metabolism in the rat brain. Effect of chronic pretreatment…
1982
1982
An antagonist-induced benzodiazepine abstinence syndrome.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Sexual dimorphism in responses to unfamiliar intruders in the tamarin, Saguinus oedipus
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Thermoregulatory responses of decerebrate and spinal cats.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Changes in body temperature of the unanaesthetized monkey produced by sodium and calcium ions perfused through the cerebral ventricles
1. In the unanaesthetized Rhesus monkey, solutions containing sodium, calcium, potassium or magnesium in excess of the normal… 
1971
1971
A neuropsychopharmacological comparison of d-amphetamine, L-dopa and cocaine.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Tissue concentrations of p-hydroxynorephedrine in rats injected with d-amphetamine: effect of pretreatment with desipramine.
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Elicitation of emotional behavior by electrical or chemical stimulation applied at the same loci in cat mesencephalon.
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