Effects of low-dose ketanserin on atherosclerosis in rats and rabbits

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1054-1060

  Yu, Yong Sheng ^a   Xie, He Hui ^a   Li, L ^a   Song, Shu Wei ^a   Han, Ping ^a   Cai, Guo Jun ^a   Su, Ding Feng ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Baroreflex; Ketanserin; Rabbit; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; KETANSERIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; KETANSERIN; MALE; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BAROREFLEX; KETANSERIN; RABBIT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS;

BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSELS; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASES; NUTRITION; RATS; SPEED CONTROL;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 78549286390     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y10-079     Document Type: Article

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