Evidence that blood pressure remains under the control of arterial baroreceptors in renal hypertensive rats

The purpose of the present study was to determine the range of the influence of the baroreflex on blood pressure in chronic renal hypertensive rats. Supramaximal electrical stimulation of the aortic depressor nerve and section of the baroreceptor nerves (sinoaortic denervation) were used to obtain a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: A.S. Trindade Jr., E.D. Moreira, G.J.J. Silva, E.M. Krieger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2009-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009001000013