The discovery of endothelium-derived relaxing factor and its importance in the identification of nitric oxide

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1186-1188

  Furchgott, Robert F ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN;

BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; HISTORY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; AWARDS AND PRIZES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; RABBITS; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; VASODILATION;

EID: 0030577061     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.14.1186     Document Type: Review

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