Melatonin modulates baroreflex control via area postrema

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-177

  Campos, Luciana A ^a,b   Cipolla Neto, Jose ^b   Michelini, Lisete C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CAMILO CASTELO BRANCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Area postrema; Baroreflex; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BOLUS INJECTION; BRADYCARDIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REFLEX ARC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TACHYCARDIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84885357737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.123     Document Type: Article

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