Development of attenuated baroreflexes in obese Zucker rats coincides with impaired activation of nucleus tractus solitarius

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Guimaraes, Priscila S ^a,b   Huber, Domitila A ^a,c   Campagnole Santos, Maria J ^b   Schreihofer, Ann M ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Baroreflex; c Fos; Obesity; Sympathetic nerve activity; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDRALAZINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; URETHAN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; INDUCED HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TACHYCARDIA; ZUCKER RAT;

AUTONOMIC; BAROREFLEX; C-FOS; OBESITY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BAROREFLEX; BRADYCARDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; OBESITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, ZUCKER; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TACHYCARDIA; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84900549277     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00537.2013     Document Type: Article

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