Intra-strain variations of baroreflex sensitivity in young Wistar-Kyoto rats

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Valenti, Vitor E ^a   Imaizumi, Caio ^c   De Abreu, Luiz Carlos ^b   Colombari, Eduardo ^c   Sato, Monica A ^c   Ferreira, Celso ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 73249121100     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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