Efficacy of clonidine in patients with essential hypertension with neurovascular contact of the rostral ventrolateral medulla

Hypertension Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 633-637

  Sakuma, Takao ^a   Morimoto, Satoshi ^a   Aota, Yasuko ^a   Takahashi, Nobuyuki ^a   Toyoda, Nagaoki ^a   Kosaki, Atsushi ^a   Maehara, Minoru ^a   Tanigawa, Noboru ^a   Ikeda, Koshi ^a   Sawada, Satoshi ^a   Iwasaka, Toshiji ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 adrenergic agonist; Clonidine; Essential hypertension; RVLM; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECZEMA; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYMPATHOLYTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953201149     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2010.41     Document Type: Article

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