Chronic nitric oxide inhibition with L-NAME: Effects on autonomic control of the cardiovascular system

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 2 43-2, 1998, Pages

  Scrogin, Karie E ^a,b   Hatton, Daniel C ^b   Chi, Yue ^b   Luft, Friedrich C ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Chronic N(G) nitro L arginine methyl ester

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; METHOXAMINE; METOPROLOL; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIURESIS; DRINKING; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIURESIS; DRINKING; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEART RATE; MALE; METHOXAMINE; METOPROLOL; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031989145     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.2.r367     Document Type: Article

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