Reduced Nitric Oxide Synthase in the Brainstem Contributes to Enhanced Sympathetic Drive in Rats with Heart Failure

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Hirooka, Yoshitaka ^a   Shigematsu, Hideaki ^a   Kishi, Takuya ^a   Kimura, Yoshikuni ^a   Ueta, Yoichi ^b   Takeshita, Akira ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Brain; Heart failure; Nitric oxide; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN STEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0344586178     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200312001-00023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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