Effect of chronic vitamin E deficiency on sympathetic and sensorimotor function in rat mesenteric arteries

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 490, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 181-189

  Ralevic, Vera ^b   Hoyle, Charles H V ^b   Goss Sampson, Mark A ^a   Milla, Peter J ^a   Burnstock, Geoffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; GUANETHIDINE; METHOXAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030031493     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021134     Document Type: Article

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