Lack of effect of age on the cardiovascular response to neuropeptide Y injection in the rat nucleus tractus solitarius

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 162-165

  Morris, Margaret J ^a,b   Pavia, Jillian M ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Neuropeptide Y; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Rat

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030899686     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1997.tb01801.x     Document Type: Article

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