Central vagal activation by alpha2-adrenergic stimulation is impaired in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-79

  Kawada, T ^a   Akiyama, T ^a   Shimizu, S ^a   Kamiya, A ^a   Uemura, K ^a   Sata, Y ^a   Shirai, M ^a   Sugimachi, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cardiac microdialysis; Medetomidine; Rats; Vagal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; HEXAMETHONIUM; MEDETOMIDINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MEDETOMIDINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84864501846     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2012.02439.x     Document Type: Article

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