Role of endothelium and nitric oxide in histamine-induced responses in human cranial arteries and detection of mRNA encoding H1- and H2-receptors by RT-PCR

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-48

  Jansen Olesen, Inger ^a,b   Ottosson, Anders ^c   Cantera, Leonor ^d   Strunk, Sebastian ^d   Lassen, Lisbeth Hjorth ^b   Olesen, Jes ^b   Mortensen, Anders ^b   Engel, Ulla ^b   Edvinsson, Lars ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Histamine receptors; Human cranial arteries; L NAME; mRNA; Nitric oxide; RT PCR; Vascular smooth muscle; Vasomotor responses

Indexed keywords

CIMETIDINE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MEPYRAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENINGEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

EID: 0030946362     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701097     Document Type: Article

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