Nω-nitro-l-arginine, an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis, increases blood pressure in rats and reverses the pregnancy-induced refractoriness to vasopressor agents

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 1560-1567

  Molnár, Miklós ^a   Hertelendy, Frank ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

nitric oxide; N nitro l arginine; pregnancy; pressor responsiveness; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ARGIPRESSIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMAL; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROARGININE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0026504944     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(92)91634-M     Document Type: Article

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