Intrinsic tone and passive mechanics of isolated renal arteries from virgin and late-pregnant rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 1 42-1, 1997, Pages

  Gandley, R E ^b   Griggs, K C ^b   Conrad, K P ^b   McLaughlin, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endothelium; Female; Myogenic; Pregnancy; Renal interlobar arteries

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; KIDNEY ARTERY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0030825323     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1997.273.1.r22     Document Type: Article

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