Response of normoxic pulmonary arteries of the rat in the resting and contracted state to NO synthase blockade

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-102

  Steeds, R P ^a   Thompson, J S ^a   Channer, K S ^a   Morice, A H ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

L NAME; Nitric oxide; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PENTOBARBITAL; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CIRCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DINOPROST; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030776481     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701356     Document Type: Article

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