Effects of endothelin-1 on the rat testicular vasculature

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 360-366

  Collin, Ola ^a   Damber, Jan Erik ^a   Bergh, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

blood flow; Endothelin 1; Leydig cell; testis

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIN-1; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS; VEINS;

EID: 0029797450     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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