Vascular function and nitric oxide production in chronic social-stress-exposed rats with various family history of hypertension

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 487-501

  Bernatova, Iveta ^a,b   Csizmadiova, Z ^a   Kopincova, J ^a   Puzserova, A ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Borderline hypertension; Crowding; Genetic predisposition; L NAME; Stress induced hypertension

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOCIAL STRESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BODY WEIGHT; CROWDING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 34948828108     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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