Mesenteric arterial function in vitro in three models of experimental hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 365-372

  Wu, Xiumin ^a   Mäkynen, Heikki ^a   Kähönen, Mika ^a   Arvola, Pertti ^b   Pörsti, Ilkka ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Deoxycorticosterone sodium chloride hypertensive rats; Endothelium; Hypertension; Mesenteric artery; Obese Zucker rats; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 0029869499     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199603000-00014     Document Type: Article

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