Effects of six antihypertensive drugs on blood pressure and hypothalamic GABA content in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 221-226

  Guan, Y ^a   Miao, C Y ^a   Su, D F ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

amino butyric acid (GABA); Antihypertensive drugs; Blood pressure; Hypothalamus; Nitrendipine; Spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR)

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; BICUCULLINE; CAPTOPRIL; DIHYDRALAZINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; NITRENDIPINE; PRAZOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BICUCULLINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMUS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR;

EID: 0034786732     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-8206.2001.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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