Tyrosine administration reduces blood pressure and enhances brain norepinephrine release in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Administration of L-tyrosine to normotensive or spontaneously hypertensive rats reduces blood pressure. The effect is maximal within 2 hr of injection. In spontaneously hypertensive rats, a dose of 50 mg/kg, intraperitoneally, reduces blood pressure by about 12 mm Hg (1 mm Hg = 1.33 x 10(2) pascals)...

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Main Authors: Sved, A F, Fernstrom, J D, Wurtman, R J
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1979
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC383857/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/291018
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