The hypotensive action of rilmenidine is dependent on functional N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor in the rostral ventrolateral medulla of conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 303, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 204-210

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Abdel Rahman, Abdel A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RILMENIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; OXAZOLES; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0036784506     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.102.037333     Document Type: Article

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