Nerve growth factor gene and hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-197

  Kapuscinski, Miroslav ^a   Charchar, Fadi ^a   Innes, Brendan ^a   Mitchell, Glenn A ^a   Norman, Tracey L ^a   Harrap, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Donryu; Genetic crosses; Linkage; Nerve growth factor; Spontaneously hypertensive rat

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HYPERTENSION; INHERITANCE; KIDNEY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

EID: 0029985555     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199602000-00007     Document Type: Article

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