Aldosterone-sensitive nucleus tractus solitarius neurons regulate sensitivity of the baroreceptor reflex in high sodium-loaded rats

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 482-486

  Masuda, Tomoharu ^a   Hirabara, Yasutoshi ^a,c   Nakamura, Yusuke ^a   Chishaki, Akiko ^a   Tsuruhisa, Mai ^a   Miyakawa, Masayuki ^a   Honda, Kenji ^a   Saito, Ryo ^a   Sakamoto, Hirotaka ^b,d   Kawata, Mitsuhiro ^b   Takano, Yukio ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aldosterone sensitive nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) neuron; Arterial baroreceptor reflex; Mineralocorticoid (MR) antagonist eplerenone

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 2; ALDOSTERONE; EPLERENONE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HEART WEIGHT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SODIUM LOAD; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 77951231212     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.09362SC     Document Type: Article

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