The effect of insulin treatment and of islet transplantation on the resistance artery function in the STZ-induced diabetic rat

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 495-504

  Heygate, Katherine M ^a   Davies, Joanne ^a   Holmes, Michael ^a   James, Roger F L ^a   Thurston, Herbert ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Bradykinin; Endothelium; Endothelium derived relaxing factor (EDRF); Islet transplantation; Mesenteric resistance arteries; N(G) nitro L arginine (L NOARG); Nitric oxide; Sodium nitroprusside; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BRADYKININ; INSULIN; INSULIN ZINC SUSPENSION; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INSULIN TREATMENT; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0029813199     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15699.x     Document Type: Article

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