Animal models of psychogenic cardiovascular disorders: What we can learn from them and what we cannot

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-125

  Nalivaiko, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrhythmia; Hypertension; Psychological stress; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; AMOSULALOL; DOFETILIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN AGONIST;

BORDERLINE HYPERTENSIVE RAT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC STRESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; JOB STRESS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RODENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RATS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79251517373     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2010.05465.x     Document Type: Review

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