Nitric oxide-dependent hypotensive effects of adrenomedullin in rats

Drug Development Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-60

  Matsunaga, Kazuki ^a   Iwasaki, Takanori ^a   Yonetani, Yukio ^a   Kitamura, Kazuo ^c   Eto, Tanenao ^c   Kangawa, Kenji ^b   Matsuo, Hisayuki ^b  

^a SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Hypotension; N(G) nitro L arginine methyl ester; Nitric oxide; Spontaneously hypertensive rat

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PEPTIDE;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0029917976     PISSN: 02724391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2299(199601)37:1<55::AID-DDR4>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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