An autonomic link between inhaled diesel exhaust and impaired cardiac performance: Insight from treadmill and dobutamine challenges in heart failure-prone rats

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 425-436

  Carll, Alex P ^a   Hazari, Mehdi S ^b   Perez, Christina M ^c   Krantz, Q Todd ^b   King, Charly J ^b   Haykal Coates, Najwa ^b   Cascio, Wayne E ^b   Costa, Daniel L ^d   Farraj, Aimen K ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Autonomic; Cardiac function; Cardiovascular; Diesel exhaust; Electrocardiography; Heart failure; Heart rate variability; Rat; Stress test

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; ATROPINE; DIESEL FUEL; DOBUTAMINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIESEL ENGINE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE TEST; EXHAUST GAS; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; MOTOR VEHICLE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE HEART FAILURE RAT; TELEMETRY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VAGOTOMY;

AIR POLLUTION; AUTONOMIC; CARDIAC FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR; DIESEL EXHAUST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; RAT; STRESS TEST.;

ANIMALS; DOBUTAMINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WALKING;

EID: 84886563440     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kft155     Document Type: Article

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