Effect of rilmenidine on the cardiovascular responses to stress in the conscious rabbit

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 72, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 177-186

  Burke, Sandra L ^a   Malpas, Simon C ^a,b   Head, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Air jet stress; Centrally acting antihypertensive agents; Noise stress; Rabbits; Rilmenidine; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; RILMENIDINE; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY NERVE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; INNERVATION; KIDNEY; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; KIDNEY; MALE; NOISE; OXAZOLES; RABBITS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0031593634     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(98)00103-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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