Losartan blocks the excitatory effect of peripheral hypertonic stimulation on vasopressinergic neurons in hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in rats: Electrophysiological and immunocytochemical evidence

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 12-16

  Zhu, Qi ^a   Guo, Shi Yu ^a,b   Gong, Shan ^a   Yin, Qi Zhang ^a   Hisamitsu, Tadashi ^b   Jiang, Xing Hong ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Fos; Hypertonic saline; Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN); Losartan

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LOSARTAN; PROTEIN FOS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL STIMULATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GIANT CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 18044372846     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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