Evidence suggesting that lateral parabrachial nucleus is responsible for enhanced medullary cholinergic activity in hypertension

Hypertension Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-207

  Kubo, Takao ^a   Fukumori, Ryuji ^a   Kobayashi, Midori ^a   Yamaguchi, Hiroaki ^a  

^a SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; DOCA salt hypertension; Parabrachial nucleus; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRESSORECEPTOR; RAT;

EID: 0031666578     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.21.201     Document Type: Article

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