Ex vivo study of the effects of dietary magnesium deficiency on the formation and release of NO from endothelial cells and the sensitivity to NO of smooth muscle cells of thoracic aortas isolated from rats

Magnesium Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-20

  Ishiguro, Shigeru ^a   Matsuyama, Tomoko ^a   Sakoda, Toyoaki ^a   Sakaguchi, Hideaki ^a   Miyamoto, Atsushi ^a   Nishio, Akira ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dietary Mg deficient rat; Endothelial cell; Nitric oxide; Smooth muscle cell; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; DIET; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROARGININE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031088559     PISSN: 09531424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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