Paraventricular-coerulear interactions: Role in hypertension induced by prenatal undernutrition in the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1209-1219

  Perez H ^a   Ruiz, S ^b   Nunez H ^a   White, A ^c   Gotteland, M ^a   Hernandez A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brain development; Cardiovascular; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Hypothalamus; Noradrenergic

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; PRAZOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DIET; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETAL NUTRITION DISORDERS; HYPERTENSION; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRAZOSIN; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 33747616414     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04997.x     Document Type: Article

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