Structure and reactivity of small arteries in aging

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 247-253

  Moreau, Pierre ^a   D'Uscio, Livius V ^a   Lüscher, Thomas F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Basilar artery; Mesenteric artery; Pulse pressure; Rat; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOTENSIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AGING; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; NITROPRUSSIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031912890     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(97)00225-3     Document Type: Article

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