Castration reduces blood pressure and autonomic venous tone in male spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2229-2236

  Martin, Doug S ^a,b   Biltoft, Scott ^a   Redetzke, Rebecca ^a   Vogel, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenergic; Androgens; Hypertension; Sex steroids; Veins; Venous tone

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GANGLION BLOCK; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VEIN TONE; VENOUS CIRCULATION; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 27944448878     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000191903.19230.79     Document Type: Article

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