Spontaneous and agonist-induced contractions and endothelium-dependent relaxation in aortae from SHRSP and WKY rats under various levels of passive force

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6-7, 1996, Pages 483-489

  Sekiguchi, Fumiko ^a   Adachi, Tomoko ^a   Matsubara, Hideki ^a   Matsuda, Kyoko ^a   Kita, Katsuhiro ^a   Shimamura, Keiichi ^a   Sunano, Satoru ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aorta; contraction; endothelium; passive force; relaxation; smooth muscle; spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA MEDIA; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 0029902669     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1996.tb02765.x     Document Type: Article

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