In situ Akt phosphorylation in the nucleus tractus solitarii is involved in central control of blood pressure and heart rate

Circulation

Volumn 110, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 2476-2483

  Huang, Hsiao Ning ^a   Lu, Pei Jung ^a   Lo, Wan Chen ^a   Lin, Chia Hui ^a   Hsiao, Michael ^a   Tseng, Ching Jiunn ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Insulin; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; INSULIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEART RATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN METABOLISM; INSULIN TREATMENT; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CHROMONES; HEART RATE; INSULIN; MALE; MORPHOLINES; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 6444220103     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000145116.75657.2D     Document Type: Article

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