Site-dependent inhibition of neuronal c-jun in the brainstem elicited by imidazoline I1 receptor activation: Role in rilmenidine-evoked hypotension

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 514, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 191-199

  Wang, Xu ^a   Li, Guichu ^a   Abdel Rahman, Abdel A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methylnorepinephrine; c Jun; Clonidine; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Rilmenidine; Rostral ventrolateral medulla; SHRs (spontaneously hypertensive rats)

Indexed keywords

6 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; CORBADRINE; EFAROXAN; HYDRALAZINE; IMIDAZOLINE I1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C JUN; RILMENIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BENZAZEPINES; BENZOFURANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLONIDINE; CONSCIOUSNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART RATE; HYDRALAZINE; HYPOTENSION; IMIDAZOLES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; NORDEFRIN; OXAZOLES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RECEPTORS, DRUG; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 19344363769     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.03.021     Document Type: Article

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