Prevention of high blood pressure by reducing sympathetic innervation in the spontaneously hypertensive rat

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-102

  Brock, James A ^a,c   Van Helden, Dirk F ^a   Dosen, Peter ^a   Rush, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Hyperinnervation; Mesenteric artery; Nerve growth factor; Nerve growth factor antibody

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ANTIBODY; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0030572878     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(96)00063-X     Document Type: Article

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