Inhibition of the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Dramatically Reduces Sympathetic Vasomotor Tone
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- 1 February 2002
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 39 (2) , 275-280
- https://doi.org/10.1161/hy0202.104272
Abstract
Experimental evidence indicates that the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus modulates sympathetic vasomotor tone and blood pressure and that this modulation is altered in some cardiovascular dise...Keywords
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