Vascular and brain dopamine beta-hydroxylase activity in young spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Dopamine beta-hydroxylase activity was higher in mesenteric vessels, adrenal glands, and serum of 3-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats but lower in the locus coeruleus than it was in the control Wistar-Kyoto rats. The results support the concept that the nervous system is an important regulator of blood pressure.
D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000201:enzymology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000201:enzymology; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000201:enzymology; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000378:metabolism; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000201:enzymology
D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase