Impaired regulation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase and heart rate during exercise in mice lacking one nNOS allele

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 558, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 963-974

  Danson, E J F ^a   Mankia, K S ^a   Golding, S ^a   Dawson, T ^a   Everatt, L ^a   Cai, S ^b   Channon, K M ^b   Paterson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ALLELE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; EXERCISE; GANGLION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEART ATRIUM; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE; HETEROZYGOTE; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TREADMILL; VAGUS NERVE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WILD TYPE; ALLELE DELETION; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CARDIAC AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERBEAT INTERVAL CHANGE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; HEART RATE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EID: 4444316135     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.062299     Document Type: Article

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