Increased reactivity to 5-hydroxytryptamine of portal veins from mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 417-423

  Silva, C L M ^a   Morel, N ^b   Lenzi, H L ^c   Noel F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptamine; Endothelium; Inflammation; Mouse; N( ) nitro L arginine methyl ester; Nitric oxide; Portal vein; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN;

ADVENTITIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VENOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0031714870     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10041-7     Document Type: Article

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