A transient dilatation of pressurised rat cerebral arteries during rapid pressure increases is mediated by nitric oxide

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 436, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 220-226

  Doughty, Joanne M ^a   Langton, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral arteries; Dilatation; Nitric oxide; Pressure

Indexed keywords

6 ANILINO 5,8 QUINOLINEDONE; ARGININE; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; OXADIAZOLOL[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN L ONE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

AMINOQUINOLINES; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXADIAZOLES; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TEMPERATURE; VASODILATION;

EID: 0031776419     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050625     Document Type: Article

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