The variability of baroreflex sensitivity in juvenile, spontaneously hypertensive rats

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-17

  Valenti, Vitor E ^a   De Abreu, Luiz Carlos ^b   Colombari, Eduardo ^c   Sato, Monica A ^c   Ferreira, Celso ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Baroreflex; Inbred SHR; Parasympathetic nervous system; Rats; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CANNULA; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TACHYCARDIA; JUVENILE; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 79955925463     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2010-007     Document Type: Article

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