Central nitric oxide modulates hindquarter vasodilation elicited by AMPA receptor stimulation in the NTS of conscious rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Dias, Ana Carolina Rodrigues ^a   Colombari, Eduardo ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular regulation; Nitric oxide synthase; Regional vascular conductance

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN STEM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; VASODILATION;

EID: 33646479922     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00150.2005     Document Type: Article

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