Reduced NO enhances the central gain of cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in dogs with heart failure

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 1 45-1, 1999, Pages

  Ma, Rong ^a   Zucker, Irving H ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; N(G) nitro L arginine methyl ester; Nitric oxide synthase; Renal sympathetic nerve activity; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX;

EID: 0032898481     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.1.h19     Document Type: Article

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