Effects of doxazosin on functional alterations of isolated coronary arteries from cholesterol-fed rabbits

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 607-614

  Simonsen, Ulf ^a   Prieto, Dolores ^a,b   Nyborg, Niels C B ^a   Mulvany, Michael J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DOXAZOSIN; ISOPRENALINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATED ARTERY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

EID: 0030037824     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.1996.tb05982.x     Document Type: Article

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