The involvement of the endothelium in the relaxation of the leopard frog (Rana pipiens) aorta in response to acetylcholine

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1518-1522

  Knight, Gillian E ^a   Burnstock, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aorta; Frog; N(G) nitro L arginine methyl ester; Nitric oxide; Sodium nitroprusside; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENALIN; ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029884840     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15568.x     Document Type: Article

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