Effects of chronic nicotine ingestion on pressor response to N(ω)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester and ex vivo contraction and relaxation response of aorta to L-arginine

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 451-456

  Hui, Siu Chun ^a   Mei, Qi Bing ^b   Qiu, Bo Sheng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Nicotine; Nitric oxide; Rats; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031458537     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.1997.0228     Document Type: Article

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