Anatomic heterogeneity of vascular aging: Role of nitric oxide and endothelin

Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 817-824

  Barton, Matthias ^c   Cosentino, Francesco ^c   Brandes, Ralf P ^c   Moreau, Pierre ^c   Shaw, Sidney ^a   Lüscher, Thomas F ^b  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Endothelins; Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIMYCIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0030774840     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.30.4.817     Document Type: Article

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