Arteriolar dilation produced by venule endothelium-derived nitric oxide

Microcirculation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 303-310

  Falcone, Jeff C ^a   Meininger, Gerald A ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Arterioles; Blood flow; Bradykinin; L NMMA; NG monomethyl L arginine; Nitric oxide; Skeletal muscle; Venules

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION; VENULE;

ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION; VENULES;

EID: 0031156521     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10739689709146793     Document Type: Article

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