Endothelin-mediated vascular tone following focal cerebral ischaemia in the cat

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 679-687

  Patel, Toshal R ^a   Galbraith, Samuel ^a   McAuley, Moira A ^a   McCulloch, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bosentan; Cerebral arterioles; Cerebral ischaemia; Endothelin; Endothelin receptor antagonist; Focal cerebral ischaemia

Indexed keywords

3 BENZYL 4 (4 METHOXYPHENYL) 2 (3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL) 4 OXO 2 BUTENOIC ACID; BOSENTAN; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PRESSURE;

EID: 0029976541     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199607000-00019     Document Type: Article

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