Stress: Medial prefrontal cortical integration of psychological stress in rats.

Entrez PubMed: "These results indicate that, during acute psychological stress, the mPFC does not modulate the cardiovascular system in rats but does inhibit specific subcortical nuclei to exert control over aspects of an integrated response to a stressor."

Medial prefrontal cortical integration of psychological stress in rats.
McDougall SJ, Widdop RE, Lawrence AJ.
Eur J Neurosci. 2004 Nov;20(9):2430-40.