Impairment of vasodilator function in basilar arteries from aged rats

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1812-1820

  Arribas, Silvia M ^b   Vila, Elisabet ^a   McGrath, John C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Basilar artery; Endothelium; Nitric oxide; adrenoceptors

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BRADYKININ; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PROPRANOLOL; RAUWOLSCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030759874     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.9.1812     Document Type: Article

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