The direct effects of thyroid hormones on rat mesenteric resistance arteries

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-46

  Zwaveling, J ^a   Pfaffendorf, M ^a   Van Zwieten, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcium; Endothelial modulation; Mesenteric arteries; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; LIOTHYRONINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IN VIVO STUDY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MOUSE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0031019504     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.1997.tb00167.x     Document Type: Article

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