Population
Male age- and weight-matched spontaneously hypertensive and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats chronically…
Comparison
Infusion of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine and… vs Vehicle infusion (3 nl/min) into the NTS
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Should not inform clinical hypertension care; hypothesis-generating for NTS nitric oxide in baroreflex impairment.
Endogenous nitric oxide in the NTS modulates baroreceptor reflex control of heart rate by increasing HR range, an effect that is depressed in spontaneously hypertensive rats due to lower NOS activity.
Pontieri et al. (1998) studied this question.