Theophylline dilates rat diaphragm arterioles via the prostaglandins pathway

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1355-1362

  Danialou, Gawiyou ^a   Vicaut, Eric ^b   Aubier, Michel ^a   Boczkowski, Jorge ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

Author keywords

Adenosine receptors; Arterioles; CPX; Diaphragm; DMPX; Enprofylline; Nitric oxide; Prostaglandins; Thesphylline

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ADENOSINE A2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENPROFYLLINE; INDOMETACIN; MEFENAMIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN METABOLISM; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031858669     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701962     Document Type: Article

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