Nitric oxide-associated relaxing effects of adrenomedullin in rat aorta

Drug Development Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-66

  Matsunaga, Kazuki ^a   Iwasaki, Takanori ^a   Yonetani, Yukio ^a   Kitamura, Kazuo ^b   Eto, Tanenao ^b   Kangawa, Kenji ^c   Matsuo, Hisayuki ^c  

^a SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; CAMP; CGMP; N(G) nitro L arginine methylester; Nitric oxide; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; HEMOGLOBIN; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; RAT; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029784186     PISSN: 02724391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2299(199605)38:1<62::AID-DDR8>3.3.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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