Alpha 2-adrenergic receptor distribution and density within the nucleus tractus solitarii of normotensive and hypertensive rats during development

Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 39-46

  Carrettiero, Daniel C ^a,b   Ferrari, Merari F R ^b   Fior Chadi, Débora R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 adrenoceptor; Development; Hypertension; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Spontaneous hypertensive rats; Wistar Kyoto rats

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84855959683     PISSN: 15660702     EISSN: 18727484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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