Norepinephrine levels in discrete brain nuclei in borderline hypertensive rats exposed to compound stressors

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-92

  Lawler, James E ^a   Zheng, Guanping ^a   Li, Shenggang ^a   Wang, Ching Hsiang ^a   Edgemon, Ingrid P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Exercise training; High salt; High performance liquid chromatography; Hypothalamus; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; EXERCISE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0029841347     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(96)00113-X     Document Type: Article

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