Angiotensin 1A receptors transfected into caudal ventrolateral medulla inhibit baroreflex gain and stress responses

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 330-339

  Palma Rigo, Kesia ^a,b   Bassi, Jaspreet K ^c   Nguyen Huu, Thu Phuc ^a   Jackson, Kristy L ^a   Davern, Pamela J ^a   Chen, Daian ^c   Elghozi, Jean Luc ^b   Thomas, Walter G ^d   Allen, Andrew M ^c   Head, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiotensin type 1A receptor; Baroreflex gain; Cardiovascular stress response; Caudal ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1A RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; CD68 ANTIGEN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUDAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; HEART RATE; HEART STRESS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TACHYCARDIA; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HEART RATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENTIVIRUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84867726755     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvs252     Document Type: Article

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