Effect of endothelin-1 injected into rostral ventrolateral medulla on cardiovascular responses in cats

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 566-570

  Yang, Xin Liang ^a,b   Fu, Wei Jun ^a   Hou, Gang Xing ^a   Chen, Jian Guo ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b No 411 Hospital of PLA   (China)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Endothelin 1; Heart rate; Medulla oblongata; Metoprolol; Phentolamine; Sympathetic nervous system; Vagotomy

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; METOPROLOL; PHENTOLAMINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY NERVE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATS; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; PHENTOLAMINE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYMPATHOLYTICS; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 0032968081     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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