Prostaglandins maintain renal vasodilation and hyperfiltration during chronic nitric oxide synthase blockade in conscious pregnant rats

Circulation Research

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1161-1166

  Danielson, L A ^a   Conrad, K P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

glomerular filtration rate; nitric oxide; prostaglandin; renal blood flow; renal vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; KIDNEY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRAFILTRATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029810210     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.79.6.1161     Document Type: Article

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