Potentiating effect of hydrogen peroxide on the serotonin-induced vasocontraction in human umbilical artery

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 783-789

  Watanabe, Kazushi ^a   Okatani, Yuji ^a   Sagara, Yusuke ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrogen peroxide; Nitric oxide; Serotonin; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0029836525     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609054704     Document Type: Article

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