Effects of centrally acting antihypertensive drugs on the microcirculation of spontaneously hypertensive rats

We investigated the acute effects of centrally acting antihypertensive drugs on the microcirculation of pentobarbital-anesthetized spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). The effects of the sympatho-inhibitory agents clonidine and rilmenidine, known to activate both alpha2-adrenoceptors and nonadrene...

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Main Authors: V. Estato, C.V. Araújo, P. Bousquet, E. Tibiriçá
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2004-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004001000014