Plasma corticosterone levels is elevated in rats submitted to chronic intermittent hypoxia

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 115-117

  Zoccal, Daniel B ^a   Bonagamba, Leni G H ^a   Antunes Rodrigues, José ^a   Machado, Benedito H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic intermittent hypoxia; Corticosterone; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXIA; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OXYGEN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 34250003811     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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