Relaxant effect of nitric oxide and prostacyclin on serotonin-induced vasocontraction of human umbilical artery

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 108-112

  Okatani, Yuji ^a   Watanabe, Kazushi ^a   Nakano, Yuji ^a   Sagara, Yusuke ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human umbilical artery; Nitric oxide; Prostacyclin; Serotonin; Vasocontraction

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1 RECEPTOR; TRANYLCYPROMINE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0029915926     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609033300     Document Type: Article

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