Blood pressure measurement with the tail-cuff method in Wistar and spontaneously hypertensive rats: Influence of adrenergic- and nitric oxide-mediated vasomotion

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-221

  Fritz, M ^a   Rinaldi, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Centro de investigaciones Cardiovasculares Dr Horacio E   (Argentina)

Author keywords

l NAME; Nitric oxide; SHR; Systolic blood pressure; Tail cuff method; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

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

ACCURACY; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CANNULATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TAIL CUFF METHOD; VASODILATATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; HYPERTENSION; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PAPAVERINE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TAIL; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 55249093123     PISSN: 10568719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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