Role of nitric oxide in α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone-induced hypotension in the nucleus tractus solitarii of the spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 321, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 455-461

  Tai, Ming Hong ^a,b   Weng, Wen Tsan ^a,c   Lo, Wan Chen ^a   Chan, Julie Y H ^a   Lin, Che Jen ^a   Lam, Hing Chung ^a   Tseng, Ching Jiunn ^a,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; AMINOGUANIDINE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; N ACETYL ALPHA INTERMEDIN[4-10]CYCLO[4 NORLEUCINE 5 ASPARTIC ACID 7 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANINE] 10 LYSINAMIDE]; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; URETHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 34247203751     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: 15210103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.106.118299     Document Type: Article

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