The pressor effect of angiotensin-(1-7) in the rat rostral ventrolateral medulla involves multiple peripheral mechanisms

Clinics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-252

  Oliveira, Rita C ^a   Campagnole Santos, Maria J ^a   Santos, Robson A S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiotensin (1 7); Arterial pressure; Autonomic blockade; Cholinergic mechanism; Rostral ventrolateral medulla; Sympathetic output

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN I (1 7); ANGIOTENSIN I (1-7); HEXAMETHONIUM; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; VASODILATOR AGENT; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANGIOTENSIN I; ANIMALS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HEXAMETHONIUM; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROINJECTIONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84875648271     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2013(02)OA20     Document Type: Article

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