Tetrahydrobiopterin, a cofactor for nitric oxide synthase, produces endothelium-dependent dilation of mouse pial arterioles

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 186-189

  Rosenblum, William I ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

endothelium; mice; nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIA ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031035203     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.1.186     Document Type: Article

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