Age-related changes in the sympathetic innervation of cerebral vessels and in carotid vascular responses to norepinephrine in the rat: In vitro and in vivo studies

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 314-322

  Omar, Nisreen Mansour ^a   Marshall, Janice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cerebral vasculature; Norepinephrine; Sympathetic nerves; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; INNERVATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 77955619682     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01251.2009     Document Type: Article

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