Inhibition of Rho-kinase in the nucleus tractus solitarius enhances glutamate sensitivity in rats

Hypertension

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 360-365

  Ito, Koji ^a   Hirooka, Yoshitaka ^a   Hori, Nobuaki ^a   Kimura, Yoshikuni ^a   Sagara, Yoji ^a   Shimokawa, Hiroaki ^a   Takeshita, Akira ^a   Sunagawa, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Autonomic nervous system; Blood pressure; Central nervous system; Rats, spontaneously hypertensive

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; RHO KINASE; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYPERTENSION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 23244443751     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000177119.23178.05     Document Type: Article

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