Altered cholinergic mechanisms and blood pressure regulation in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of DOCA-salt hypertensive rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 327-332

  Kubo, T ^a   Fukumori, R ^a   Kobayashi, M ^a   Yamaguchi, H ^a  

^a SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure regulation; Cholinergic mechanisms; Cholinergic neurons; DOCA salt hypertension; Rostral ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERTENSION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYPERTENSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; PHYSOSTIGMINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCOPOLAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032005415     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00380-8     Document Type: Article

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