Chronic intermittent hypoxia modulates nNOS mRNA and protein expression in the rat hypothalamus

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-38

  Huang, Jianhua ^a   Tamisier, Renaud ^a   Ji, Ensheng ^a   Tong, Jingli ^a   Weiss, Woodrow J ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory adaptation; Intermittent hypoxia; Nitric oxide; Paraventricular nucleus; Sympathoexcitation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 34250616355     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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