Roles of nitric oxide and angiotensin II in the impaired baroreflex gain of pregnancy

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Daubert, Daisy L ^a   Liu, Dongmei ^b   Zucker, Irving H ^b   Brooks, Virginia L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AT1 receptor blockade; Conscious rabbits; L 158,809; N nitro L arginine; Neuronal nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYL 5,7 DIMETHYL 3 [4 [2 (2H TETRAZOL 5 YL)PHENYL]BENZYL]IMIDAZO[4,5 B]PYRIDINE; ANGIOTENSIN II; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEART RATE; NITRIC OXIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RABBITS;

EID: 34447513094     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00026.2007     Document Type: Article

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