Central angiotensin AT1-receptor blockade affects thermoregulation and running performance in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Leite, Laura H R ^a   Lacerda, Ana Cristina R ^a   Marubayashi, Umeko ^a   Coimbra, Cândido C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Heat balance; Tail vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LOSARTAN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RUNNING; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TREADMILL; VASODILATATION; WORKLOAD; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TAIL; WISTAR RAT;

ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EXERTION; LOSARTAN; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RUNNING; TAIL;

EID: 33748457939     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00038.2006     Document Type: Article

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