The vasoconstrictor effects of L-NAME, a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, in pregnant rabbits

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1012-1018

  Losonczy, Gy ^a,c   Mucha, I ^b   Muller V ^a   Kriston, T ^a   Ungvari Z ^a   Tornoci L ^a   Rosivall, L ^a   Venuto, R ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cardiac output; Cyclic GMP; Hypotension; L NAME; Nitric oxide; Pregnancy; Pulmonary resistance; Vascular tone

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CYCLIC GMP; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; KIDNEY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0029785241     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15500.x     Document Type: Article

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