Transgenic TGR(mREN2)27 rats as a model for disturbed circadian organization at the level of the brain, the heart, and the kidneys

Chronobiology International

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 711-738

  Lemmer, Björn ^a   Witte, Klaus ^a   Enzminger, Helene ^a   Schiffer, Sabine ^a   Hauptfleisch, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure and heart rate; Circadian rhythms; Light pulse; MRNAs of c fos and tyrosine hydroxylase and uptake1 carrier; Pinealocytes and melatonin; Telemetry; Transgenic hypertensive TGR(mRen2)27 rats

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; ISOPRENALINE; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN C JUN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HEART; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REN 2 GENE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RNA ANALYSIS; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TELEMETRY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; GENES, JUN; HEART; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; RENIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYMPORTERS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA; GLOMERULUS; MURINAE;

EID: 0043166968     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CBI-120022407     Document Type: Article

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