Cardiac sympathetic overactivity and decreased baroreflex sensitivity in L-NAME hypertensive rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 2 49-2, 2001, Pages

  Souza, Hugo C D ^a   Ballejo, Gustavo ^a   Salgado, Maria Cristina O ^a   Dias Da Silva, Valdo J ^b   Salgado, Helio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b School of Medicine of Triangulo Mineiro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE METHYL ESTER; METHYLATROPINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0035015264     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.2.h844     Document Type: Article

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