Lyon genetically hypertensive rats: An animal model of "low renin hypertension"

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Sassard, Jean ^a   Lo, Ming ^a   Liu, Kiao Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Genetics; Hypertension; Rats; Renin; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; RENIN;

HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RENIN RELEASE; REVIEW;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RENIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 0037235996     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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