Tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity as indicator of sympathetic activity: Simultaneous evaluation in different tissues of hypertensive rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Burgi, Katia ^a   Cavalleri, Marina T ^a   Alves, Adilson S ^a   Britto, Luiz R G ^a   Antunes, Vagner R ^a   Michelini, Lisete C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exercise training; Heart; Hemodynamic measurements; Kidney; Norepinephrine content; Skeletal muscles; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIUM; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 79551510867     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00687.2009     Document Type: Article

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