Effects of high-cholesterol and atherogenic diets on vascular relaxation in spontaneously hypertensive rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

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

  Cappelli Bigazzi, Maurizio ^a   Rubattu, Speranza ^b   Battaglia, Carmine ^a   Russo, Rosaria ^a   Enea, Iolanda ^b   Ambrosio, Giuseppe ^c   Chiariello, Massimo ^a   Volpe, Massimo ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertension; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRENDIPINE; VITAMIN D;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030880996     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.2.h647     Document Type: Article

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