Modulation of vagal actions on heart rate produced by inhibition of nitric oxide synthase in the anaesthetized ferret

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 547-550

  Conlon, Kelly ^a   Collins, Tanya ^a   Kidd, Cecil ^a  

^a Marischal College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FERRET; HEART RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MODULATION; MOTOR NERVE; NONHUMAN; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0029978530     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.1996.sp003957     Document Type: Article

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