Role of nitric oxide and cyclooxygenase products in controlling vascular tone in uterine microvessels of rats

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-216

  Saha, P R ^a   Alsip, N L ^a   Henzel, M K ^a   Asher, E F ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOTENSIN; IBUPROFEN; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; FEMALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031801835     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1120211     Document Type: Article

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