Baroreflex responses in neuronal nitric oxide synthase knoukout mice (nNOS)

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 126-127, Issue , 2006, Pages 163-168

  Carvalho, Tais H F ^a   Lopes, Oswaldo U ^a   Tolentino Silva, Fatima R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Cardiovascular regulation; Mice; Nitric oxide; Respiratory regulation

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CANNULATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TACHYCARDIA; WILD TYPE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITROPRUSSIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RESPIRATION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33744521410     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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