Nitric oxide synthase activity in renal cortex and medulla of normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 9, Issue 12 I, 1996, Pages 1236-1239

  Nava, Eduardo ^a   Llinás, Maria T ^a   González, Juan D ^a   Salazar, F Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

kidney; nitric oxide; nitric oxide synthase; renal cortex; renal medulla; spontaneous hypertension

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; DIURESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART; HYPERTENSION; ISOTOPE LABELING; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM EXCRETION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY;

EID: 0030476291     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(96)00325-1     Document Type: Article

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