Nitric oxide-synthesizing perivascular nerves in the rat middle cerebral artery

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 2 42-2, 1997, Pages

  Ignacio, G S ^a   Curling, P E ^a   Childres, W F ^a   Bryan Jr , R M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular circulation; Endothelium; Sphenopalatine ganglia; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME INHIBITION; ETHMOID SINUS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030821838     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.2.r661     Document Type: Article

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