The effects of losartan and immobilization stress on heart rate variability and plasma corticosterone levels in rats

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 365-379

  Üresin, Ali Yagiz ^a   Tonyali, Hüseyin ^a   Karamürsel, Sacit ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II antagonism; Corticosterone; Heart rate variability; Immobilization stress; Losartan; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOSTERONE; L 1580 005H076; LOSARTAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CORTICOSTERONE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; LOSARTAN; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1442351724     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450490270587     Document Type: Article

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