Vasoconstrictor responsiveness of the rat mesenteric arterial bed in cirrhosis

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 435-441

  Ralevic, Vera ^a   Mathie, Robert T ^b   Moore, Kevin P ^b   Burnstock, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Endothelium derived relaxing factor; Glibenclamide; Hyporesponsiveness; Nitric oxide; Rat mesenteric arterial bed

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARGININE; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; GLIBENCLAMIDE; METHOXAMINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENOBARBITAL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VASOPRESSIN;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0029961134     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15421.x     Document Type: Article

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