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Dysautonomia due to reduced cholinergic neurotransmission causes cardiac remodeling and heart failure.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Apr 2010
Lara Aline, Damasceno Denis D, Pires Rita, Gros Robert, Gomes Enéas R, Gavioli Mariana, Lima Ricardo F, Guimarães Diogo, Lima Patricia, Bueno Carlos Roberto, Vasconcelos Anilton, Roman-Campos Danilo, Menezes Cristiane A S, Sirvente Raquel A, Salemi Vera M, Mady Charles, Caron Marc G, Ferreira Anderson J, Brum Patricia C, Resende Rodrigo R, Cruz Jader S, Gomez Marcus Vinicius, Prado Vania F, de Almeida Alvair P, Prado Marco A M, Guatimosim Silvia
Abstract excerpt
Overwhelming evidence supports the importance of the sympathetic nervous system in heart failure. In contrast, much less is known about the role of failing cholinergic neurotransmission in cardiac disease. By using a unique genetically modified mouse line with reduced expression of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) and consequently decreased release of acetylcholine, we investigated the consequences...
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