Reduced plasma volume and mesenteric vascular reactivity in obese Zucker rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 288, Issue 1 57-1, 2005, Pages

  Schreihofer, Ana M ^a   Hair, Clark D ^a   Stepp, David W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; EVANS BLUE; ISOFLURANE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HINDLIMB; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PLASMA VOLUME; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; NOREPINEPHRINE; OBESITY; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLASMA VOLUME; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 11144257696     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00498.2004     Document Type: Article

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