Nitrovasodilators and heart rate: More than the arterial baroreflex

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 404-405

  Musialek, P ^a   Casadei, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; CHRONOTROPISM; HEART RATE; LETTER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; PRESSORECEPTORS; RABBITS; SINOATRIAL NODE; SWINE;

EID: 0033870692     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(00)00125-5     Document Type: Letter

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