Reduced sympathetic noradrenergic neurotransmission in the tail artery of Donryu rats fed with high cholesterol-supplemented diet

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1016-1021

  Karoon, Parastoo ^a   Burnstock, Geoffrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCT; Induced hyperlipidaemia; Rat tail artery; Sympathetic neurotransmission

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NORADRENALIN; THIOURACIL;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL ARTERY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031951376     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701719     Document Type: Article

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