Enhanced hemeoxygenase activity in the rostral ventrolateral medulla mediates exaggerated hemin-evoked hypotension in the spontaneously hypertensive rat

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 267-274

  Nassar, Noha N ^a   Li, Guichu ^a   Strat, Aurel L ^a   Abdel Rahman, Abdel A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HEME OXYGENASE; HEMIN; N PROPYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NORADRENALIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATHETERIZATION; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HEART RATE; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HEMIN; HYPOTENSION; INJECTIONS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY;

EID: 80053143964     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: 15210103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.111.183368     Document Type: Article

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