Catecholamines in pericardial fluid of normotensive, spontaneously hypertensive and reserpine-treated rats

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 293-297

  Klemola, R ^a,b   Huttunen, P ^b   Laine, M ^a   Weckstrom M ^b   Hirvonen, J ^b  

^a Department of Physiology ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Heart; Hypertensive rat; Noradrenaline; Pericardial fluid; Reserpine

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; NORADRENALIN; RESERPINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; HEART; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESERPINE;

EID: 0033017674     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1999.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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