Chronic treadmill running in normotensive rats resets the resting blood pressure to lower levels by upregulating the hypothalamic GABAergic system

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2339-2348

  Hsu, Yuan Chang ^a   Chen, Hsiun Ing ^a   Kuo, Yu Min ^a   Yu, Lung ^a   Huang, Tung Yi ^a   Chen, Shean Jen ^a   Chuang, Jih Ing ^a   Wu, Fong Sen ^a   Jen, Chauying J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nerve activities; BP reset; cardiovascular homeostasis; exercise; GABAergic system; hypothalamus; power spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CITRATE SYNTHASE; CORTICOSTERONE; GEPHYRIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TELEMETRY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 81355148589     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834c628f     Document Type: Article

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