Response of the portal vein of spontaneous hypertensive rats to intracellular pH

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-28

  Bamosa, A O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

intracellular pH; portal vein; SHR; vascular smooth muscle; WKY

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; NORADRENALIN; PROPIONIC ACID; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINITY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VEIN DILATATION; VENOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0029886528     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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