Immunoreactivity for nitric oxide synthase and endothelin in the coronary and basilar arteries of renal hypertensive rats

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 509-516

  Shochina, M ^a   Loesch, A ^b   Rubino, A ^b   Miah, S ^b   Macdonald, G ^c   Burnstock, G ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Coronary artery; Endothelin; Nitric oxide synthase; One kidney one clip hypertension; Rat (Sprague Dawley)

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION;

ANIMALS; BASILAR ARTERY; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; RENAL ARTERY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030907598     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050836     Document Type: Article

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