Stereology of the myocardium in hypertensive rats. Differences in relation to the time of inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 433, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-373

  Pereira, L M M ^a   Vianna, G M M ^a   Mandarim de Lacerda, C A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Myocardium; Nitric oxide; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART WEIGHT; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL COUNT; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEART; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MYOCARDIUM; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031714669     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280050261     Document Type: Article

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