Blood pressure measurement in freely moving rats by the tail cuff method

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-15

  Erken, Haydar Ali ^a   Erken, Gülten ^b   Genç, Osman ^c  

^a Balikesir State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; Ether; Freely moving rat; Restrainer; Tail cuff

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEATING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAIL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871773514     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: 15256006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641963.2012.685534     Document Type: Article

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