Functions of angiotensin peptides in the rostral ventrolateral medulla

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages

  Dampney, R A L ^a   Hirooka, Y ^a   Potts, P D ^a   Head, G A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiotensin peptides; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

A 779; ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN II DERIVATIVE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN III;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART RATE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RECEPTOR BINDING; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLISM; PHRENIC NERVE;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN III; BLOOD PRESSURE; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHRENIC NERVE; RABBITS; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029777730     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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