Nitric oxide at the CVLM is involved in the attenuation of the reflex bradycardia in renovascular hypertensive rats

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-125

  De Castro, Uberdan Guilherme Mendes ^a   De Sousa, Graziele Galdino ^a   MacHado, Raquel Do Pilar ^a   Isoldi, Mauro César ^a   Silva, Marcelo Eustáquio ^a   Nadu, Ana Paula ^b   Sousa, Luiz Eduardo ^a   Santos, Robson Augusto Souza Dos ^b   Campagnole Santos, Maria José ^b   Alzamora, Andréia Carvalho ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caudal ventrolateral medulla; Nitric oxide; Reflex bradycardia; Renovascular hypertension Goldblatt 2K1C; Superoxide anion

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN STEM; CAUDAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; ASCORBIC ACID; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPEROXIDES;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84856800193     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: 10898611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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