Comparison of the nitric oxide and cyclo-oxygenase pathway in mesenteric resistance vessels of normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 588-594

  Le Marquer Domagala, F ^a   Finet, M ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Pharmacologie   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cyclo oxygenase pathway; Extracellular K+; Mesenteric resistance vessels; Nitric oxide; NO synthase inhibitors; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; INDOMETACIN; MEFENAMIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MESENTERY BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VEIN DILATATION; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLIC ACIDS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEFENAMIC ACID; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MESENTERIC VEINS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY;

EID: 0030986805     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701173     Document Type: Article

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