Effect of chronic N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) on blood pressure and renal function in conscious uninephrectomized spontaneously hypertensive rats

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-67

  Reverte, María ^a   Flores, Olga ^a   Gallego, Belén ^a   Lestón, Antonio ^a   López Novoa, José Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Kidney; N(G) nitro L arginine methyl ester (L NAME); Renal dysfunction; Spontaneously hypertensive rats; Uninephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURESIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POTASSIUM EXCRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RAT; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; NEPHRECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; NEPHRECTOMY; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0031596679     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-76-1-63     Document Type: Article

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