Central exogenous nitric oxide decreases cardiac sympathetic drive and improves baroreflex control of heart rate in ovine heart failure

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Ramchandra, Rohit ^a,b   Hood, Sally G ^b   May, Clive N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Heart failure; Nitric oxide; Sympathetic nerve activity

Indexed keywords

ARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

BAROREFLEX; HEART FAILURE; NITRIC OXIDE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY;

ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITROPRUSSIDE; SHEEP; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84905229575     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00057.2014     Document Type: Article

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