Chronic hypertension enhances presynaptic inhibition by baclofen in the nucleus of the solitary tract

Hypertension

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 481-486

  Zhang, Weirong ^a   Mifflin, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreceptor; Baroreflex; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular regulation; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; BACLOFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA NERVE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BAROREFLEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GABA AGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEURONS; PRESSORECEPTORS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 74949109806     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.145151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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