Cutaneous vascular responses to acetylcholine are mediated by a prostanoid-dependent mechanism in man

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 82-86

  Khan, Faisel ^a   Davidson, Neil C ^a   Littleford, Roberta C ^a   Litchfield, Stuart J ^a   Struthers, Allan D ^a   Belch, Jill J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Nitric oxide; Prostacyclin; Skin blood flow

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROSTANOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030882255     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X9700200202     Document Type: Article

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