Comparison of sympathetic nerve activity normalization procedures in conscious rabbits

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 310, Issue 9, 2016, Pages H1222-H1232

  Burke, Sandra L ^a   Lim, Kyungjoon ^a   Moretti, John Luis ^a   Head, Geoffrey A ^a,b  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Nasopharyngeal stimulation; Normalization method; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN II;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALIBRATION; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HEART RATE; INNERVATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY ARTERY; LIGATION; LIPID DIET; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RABBITS AND HARES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARDS; SURGERY; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CALIBRATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSTRICTION; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NASOPHARYNX; RABBITS; RENAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84983738697     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00866.2015     Document Type: Article

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