Why is the hypotensive effect of clonidine greater in hypertensive rats?

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 271-276

  Iriuchijima, Juro ^a  

^a Kagoshima Prefectural College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Hindquarter vascular resistance; SHR

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HINDLIMB; HYPERTENSION; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031444159     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.182.271     Document Type: Article

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