Inducible nitric oxide synthase and the regulation of central vessel caliber in the fetal rat

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1948-1953

  Bustamante, Sergio A ^c   Pang, Ying ^c   Romero, Silvia ^c   Pierce, Maria R ^a   Voelker, Cynthia A ^c   Thompson, Jane H ^c   Sandoval, Manuel ^c   Liu, Xiaoping ^c   Miller, Mark J S ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

ductus arteriosus, patent; free radicals; pharmacology; polymerase chain reaction; vasculature

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENDOTOXIN; FREE RADICAL; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0029800448     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.8.1948     Document Type: Article

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