Inhibition of Rho-kinase in the brainstem augments baroreflex control of heart rate in rats

Hypertension

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 478-483

  Ito, Koji ^a   Hirooka, Yoshitaka ^a   Sagara, Yoji ^a   Kimura, Yoshikuni ^a   Kaibuchi, Kozo ^b   Shimokawa, Hiroaki ^a   Takeshita, Akira ^a   Sunagawa, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Brain; Heart rate; Hypertension; Rho

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ATROPINE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYDRALAZINE; METOPROLOL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; RHO FACTOR; RHO KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE TRANSFER; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN STEM; GENETIC VECTORS; HEART RATE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 4644300539     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000143120.24612.68     Document Type: Article

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