Mesenteric arterial function in the rat in pregnancy: Role of sympathetic and sensory-motor perivascular nerves, endothelium, smooth muscle, nitric oxide and prostaglandins

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1463-1470

  Ralevic, Vera ^a   Burnstock, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Pregnancy; Rat mesenteric arterial bed; Sensory motor vasodilatation; Sympathetic vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ENDOTHELIN; GUANETHIDINE; INDOMETACIN; METHOXAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; ISOLATED ARTERY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MOTOR NERVE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029912904     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15307.x     Document Type: Article

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