Importance of the renin-angiotensin system in the regulation of arterial blood pressure in conscious mice and rats

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-320

  Cholewa, B C ^a   Meister, C J ^a   Mattson, D L ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Blood pressure; Mice; Rats; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; CAPTOPRIL; RENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SODIUM, DIETARY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 15244344204     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-201X.2004.01401.x     Document Type: Article

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