...: the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, central nucleus of the amygdala, parabrachial nucleus, the nucleus of the solitary tract and area postrema. The differential distribution of Fos neurons in hypotensive versus hypertensive animals underscores the potential application of Fos as a metabolic marker...

... coding for receptors, enzymes and regulatory proteins, thus contributing to abnormal responsiveness and cell growth. Similarly, changes of contractile function of vascular smooth muscle commonly observed in chronic hypertension have long been recognized to be intimately associated with abnormal handling...

.... Melatonin Melatonin receptors Pineal gland Renal system Diurnal rhythm Hypertension Renin Urine output Cation Biol Signals 1993;2:207-220 Y. Songa E.A. Ayrea S.F. Pang3-b 3 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong; b Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ont...

... from Wistar-Kyoto normotensive rats (WKY) and spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR) was not significantly affected by a 30-min to 2-hour incubation with L -NAME prior to agonist stimulation. However, preparations incubated for 30 min with 1 m M L -arginine ( L -ARG) and then washed for 1 h in standard...