The heart rate after inhibition of nitric oxide release in the anaesthetized dog

General Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 695-699

  Pagliaro, Pasquale ^a   Dalla Valle, Rodolfo ^a   Gattullo, Donatella ^a   Merletti, Angelo ^a   Marsh, Neville A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Heart rate; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOG; HEART INNERVATION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE;

EID: 0030176352     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(95)02042-X     Document Type: Article

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