Anterior hypothalamic norepinephrine, atrial natriuretic peptide, and hypertension

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 212-246

  Oparil, Suzanne ^b   Chen, Yiu Fai ^b   Peng, Ning ^a   Wyss, J Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; hypothalamus; natriuretic peptide; norepinephrine; nucleus tractus solitarius; sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CLONIDINE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; GUANABENZ; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE TYPE C; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL MODEL; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SODIUM INTAKE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 0029869472     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/frne.1996.0006     Document Type: Article

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