Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10954069 Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology 2011 8 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Pravastatin lowers resting heart rate (HR) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) ► Cardiac norepinephrine release & tachycardia are reduced by pravastatin in SHRs ► Neuronal NO signalling & NADPH oxidase expression are unchanged by pravastatin ► The effect of pravastatin on sympathetic neurotransmission is reversed by losartan. ► Pravastatin reduces cardiac angiotensin 2 & angiotensin converting enzymes 1 & 2
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