Effects of chemical stimulation of the rostral ventrolateral medulla on cerebral and renal microcirculation in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 51-55

  Chida, Koichi ^a   Miyagawa, Mizuo ^a   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^b   Takasu, Toshiaki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nihon Dental School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Chemical stimulation; Renal blood flow; Rostral ventrolateral medulla; SHR

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART RATE; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROCIRCULATION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RENAL CIRCULATION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0032575098     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(98)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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