Commissural nucleus of the solitary tract regulates the antihypertensive effects elicited by moxonidine

Neuroscience

Volumn 250, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-91

  Totola, L T ^a   Alves, T B ^a   Takakura, A C ^a   Ferreira Neto, H C ^a   Antunes, V R ^a   Menani, J V ^b   Colombari, E ^b   Moreira, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Commissural NTS; Moxonidine; Sympathetic activity hypertension

Indexed keywords

2 (2 METHOXY 1,4 BENZODIOXAN 2 YL) 2 IMIDAZOLINE; MOXONIDINE; URETHAN; YOHIMBINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC; ALPHA2-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; AOC; CAUDAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; COMMISSURAL NTS; COMMISSURAL NUCLEUS OF THE SOLITARY TRACT; COMMNTS; CVLM; EAA; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; HEART RATE; HR; I1-R; IMIDAZOLINE RECEPTOR; INTEGRATED SPLANCHNIC NERVE ACTIVITY; ISNA; MAP; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOXONIDINE; NTS; NUCLEUS OF THE SOLITARY TRACT; PAP; PULSATILE ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; RVLM; SHR; SNA; SPLANCHNIC SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SSNA; SYMPATHETIC ACTIVITY HYPERTENSION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; TH; TH-IR; TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE; TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE-IMMUNOREACTIVE; Α2-AR;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HEART RATE; IDAZOXAN; IMIDAZOLES; INJECTIONS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 84881108411     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.06.065     Document Type: Article

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