Chronic hypertension enhances the postsynaptic effect of baclofen in the nucleus tractus solitarius

Hypertension

Volumn 49, Issue 3 PART 2 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 659-663

  Zhang, Weirong ^a   Herrera Rosales, Myrna ^a   Mifflin, Steve ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreceptor; Baroreflex; Blood pressure; Cardiovasular regulation; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA NERVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; UNINEPHRECTOMY; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GABA AGONISTS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEURONS; PRESSORECEPTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33847067550     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000253091.82501.c0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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