Acute homocysteine administration does not elevate sympathetic nerve activity in rats

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 290-294

  Muntzel, Martin S ^a   Joseph, Tawyanna ^a   Onwumere, Onyekwere ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Heart rate; Homocysteine; Lumbar; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; HEART RATE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL ROOT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART RATE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 30044440193     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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