Repeated electroacupuncture attenuating of apelin expression and function in the rostral ventrolateral medulla in stress-induced hypertensive rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-62

  Zhang, Cheng Rong ^a   Xia, Chun Mei ^a   Jiang, Mei Yan ^a   Zhu, Min Xia ^a   Zhu, Ji Min ^a   Du, Dong Shu ^a   Liu, Min ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   Zhu, Da Nian ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apelin; APJ receptor; Electroacupuncture; Rostral ventrolateral medulla; Stress induced hypertension; Zusanli acupoint

Indexed keywords

APELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; STRESS; TACHYCARDIA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACSF; APELIN; APELIN RECEPTOR; APELIN-IR; APJ; APJ RECEPTOR; APJ-I; ARTIFICIAL CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EA; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FASBP; FEMORAL ARTERY SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; IMMUNOREACTIVE APELIN; NTS; NUCLEUS TRACTUS SOLITARIUS; PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; PVN; RIMMUNOREACTIVE APJ; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; RVLM; SBP; SHR; SIH; SIHR; SIHR+EA; SIHR+SEA; SON; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RATS; ST-36; STOMACH 36 (ACUPOINT); STRESS-INDUCED HYPERTENSION; STRESS-INDUCED HYPERTENSIVE RATS; STRESS-INDUCED HYPERTENSIVE RATS WITH ELECTROACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT; STRESS-INDUCED HYPERTENSIVE RATS WITH SHAM ELECTROACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIL ARTERY SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASBP; ZUSANLI ACUPOINT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HYPERTENSION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879809139     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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