Autonomic cardiovascular control in methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (Mecp2) deficient mice

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 82-89

  Bissonnette, John M ^a   Knopp, Sharon J ^a   Maylie, James ^a   Thong, Tran ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Atropine; Heart rate variability; Propranolol; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOUSE; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RETT SYNDROME; TELEMETRY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 34548550547     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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