Endothelial NO synthase activity in nucleus tractus solitarii contributes to hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Hypertension

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 644-650

  Waki, Hidefumi ^a   Murphy, David ^b   Yao, Song T ^b   Kasparov, Sergey ^a   Paton, Julian F R ^a,b  

^a Dept Anat Sch Med Sci U   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Blood pressure; Endothelium; Neurogenic hypertension; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE TRANSFER; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; AGING; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEART; HEART RATE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RNA, MESSENGER; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 33750601580     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000238200.46085.c6     Document Type: Article

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