Decrease in glutamic acid decarboxylase level in the hypothalamus of spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 625-633

  Horn, Eric M ^a   Shonis, Casey A ^b   Holzwarth, Matilde A ^a   Waldrop, Tony G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular system; Caudal hypothalamic neurons; GABA; Glutamic acid decarboxylase; Immunocytochemistry; Messenger RNA; Spontaneously hypertensive rat

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 0031982264     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199816050-00010     Document Type: Article

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