Cardiovascular effects of nitric oxide in the brain stem nuclei of rats

Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-42

  Tseng, Ching Jiunn ^a,b,c   Liu, Hui Ya ^b   Lin, Hui Ching ^b   Ger, Luo Ping ^a   Tung, Che Se ^b   Yen, Mao Hsiung ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

arginine; central nervous system; L NMMA; lipopolysaccharide; nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ARGININE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ENDOTOXIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEXAMETHONIUM CHLORIDE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART RATE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0030066478     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.27.1.36     Document Type: Article

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