Effects of manipulation of dietary cholesterol on the function of the thoracic aorta from New Zealand White Rabbits

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-239

  Dowell, Fiona J ^a   Hamilton, Carlene A ^a   Reid, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Endothelium; Hypercholesterolaemia; New Zealand White rabbits; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA MEDIA; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CARBACHOL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0030069935     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199602000-00009     Document Type: Article

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