Differentiated effects of vasodilators on myogenic reactivity during partial inhibition of myogenic tone in pressurized skeletal muscle small arteries of the rat

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 419-426

  Bulow A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Calcium channel blockers; Myogenic reactivity; Myogenic tone; Pinacidil; Vascular smooth muscle; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; PINACIDIL; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029764183     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1996.514269000.x     Document Type: Article

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