Differential responses of ovine intrapulmonary arteries and veins to acetylcholine

Respiration Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 197-204

  Toga, Hirohisa ^a   Bansal, Vinod ^a   Raj, J Usha ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammals, sheep; Mediators, acetylcholine, NO, prostaglandin, thromboxane; Pulmonary vessels, acetylcholine, NO; Vasoactivity, pulmonary arteries, veins, acetylcholine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG VEIN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030198033     PISSN: 00345687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-5687(96)00003-5     Document Type: Article

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