Effects of SCN lesions on circadian blood pressure rhythm in normotensive and transgenic hypertensive rats

Chronobiology International

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-145

  Witte, Klaus ^a   Schnecko, Anke ^a   Buijs, Ruud M ^b   Van Der Vliet, Jan ^b   Scalbert, Elizabeth ^c   Delagrange, Philippe ^c   Guardiola Lemaître, Beatrice ^c   Lemmer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Circadian rhythm; Lesion; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Telemetry; Transgenic rat

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MELATONIN; S 21634; S 22365; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN INJURY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031970787     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420529808998678     Document Type: Article

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