Paraplegia increased cardiac NGF content, sympathetic tonus, and the susceptibility to ischemia-induced ventricular tachycardia in conscious rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Lujan, Heidi L ^a   Chen, Ying ^a   DiCarlo, Stephen E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiovascular risks

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART DENERVATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; ISCHEMIA; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SURGICAL INJURY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART; HEART RATE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PARAPLEGIA; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-1; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 66149119686     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01286.2008     Document Type: Article

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