Effects of central metformin administration on responses to air-jet stress and on arterial baroreflex function in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 285-291

  Petersen, Jørgen S ^a   DiBona, Gerald F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air jet stress; Arterial baroreflex; Arterial blood pressure; Central nervous system; Metformin; Renal nerve activity

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY NERVE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0030892527     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199715030-00010     Document Type: Article

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