Capillary and arteriolar responses to local vasodilators are impaired in a rat model of sepsis

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 837-844

  Tyml, Karel ^a   Yu, Jingcheng ^a   Mccormack, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capillary; Nitric oxide; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINOGUANIDINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0031887886     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.3.837     Document Type: Article

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