Effects of agmatine on the cardiovascular system of spontaneously hypertensive rats

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 881, Issue , 1999, Pages 97-101

  Schäfer, Ulrich ^a   Raasch, W ^a   Qadri, F ^a   Chun, J ^a   Dominiak, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CLONIDINE; CLONIDINE DISPLACING SUBSTANCE; IMIDAZOLINE I1 RECEPTOR; IMIDAZOLINE I2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY TONE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPERTENSION; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; THORACIC AORTA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032796365     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb09346.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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