Hydrogen sulfide in paraventricular nucleus enhances sympathetic activity and cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex in chronic heart failure rats.

BACKGROUND: Intracerebroventricular infusion of NaHS, a hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) donor, increased mean arterial pressure (MAP). This study was designed to determine the roles of H(2)S in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) in modulating sympathetic activity and cardiac sympathetic afferent reflex (CSA...

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Main Authors: Xian-Bing Gan, Tong-Yan Liu, Xiao-Qing Xiong, Wei-Wei Chen, Ye-Bo Zhou, Guo-Qing Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3499499?pdf=render