Role of nitric oxide in the contractile response to 5-hydroxytryptamine of the basilar artery from Wistar Kyoto and stroke-prone rats

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1051-1058

  Salomone, Salvatore ^a   Morel, Nicole ^a   Godfraind, Théophile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptamine; Basilar artery; Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Stroke prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP); Wistar Kyoto rats (WKY)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; LACIDIPINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NIFEDIPINE; NISOLDIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TACHYPHYLAXIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0030737513     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701227     Document Type: Article

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