Roles of NO-synthase and cyclooxygenase in sex- and pregnancy-dependent arterial and venous pressures in the rat

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-213

  Le Marquer Domagala, Florence ^a,b   Finet, Michel ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Pharmacologie   (France)

^b Laboratoire Innothera   (France)

Author keywords

Double perfused mesentery; Mean circulatory filling pressure (MCFP); N(G ) nitro L arginine methyl ester (L NAME) Nitric oxide synthase Indomethacin; Pregnancy; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MESENTERIC VEIN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL ANIMAL; VASODILATATION; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0030734686     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199708000-00009     Document Type: Article

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