Arteriolar responses to extracellular ATP in striated muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 4 41-4, 1997, Pages

  McCullough, William T ^a   Collins, Diane M ^a   Ellsworth, Mary L ^a,b  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

conducted vasomotor responses; hamsters; microcirculation; nitric oxide; skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARGININE; N(G) NITRO DEXTRO ARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0031004950     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.4.h1886     Document Type: Article

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