Long-term administration of L-arginine did not influence blood pressure, heart rate, cardiac hypertrophy or arterial wall thickness of spontaneously hypertensive rats

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 595-603

  Kristek, František ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031718279     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.1998.sp004141     Document Type: Article

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