Medullary respiratory network drives sympathetic overactivity and hypertension in rats submitted to chronic intermittent hypoxia

Hypertension

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1374-1380

  Moraes, Davi J A ^a   Zoccal, Daniel B ^b   MacHado, Benedito H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHRONIC INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; HYPERTENSION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE NET; RATS; RESPIRATORY CENTER; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84870255903     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.189332     Document Type: Review

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