Differences in the density of barosensitive neurons in the medulla of spontaneously hypertensive and Wistar-Kyoto rats

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 398-402

  Xiong, Yu ^a   Takayama, Kiyoshige ^a   Miura, Mitsuhiko ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

barosensitive neurons; c Fos; nucleus tractus solitarii; spontaneously hypertensive rats; ventrolateral medulla; Wistar Kyoto rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRESSORECEPTOR; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 0030960344     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1997.tb01208.x     Document Type: Article

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