Hepatic venular resistance responses to norepinephrine, isoproterenol, adenosine, histamine, and ACh in rabbits

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 3 43-3, 1998, Pages

  Rothe, Carl F ^a   Maass Moreno, Roberto ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic venous resistance; Liver; Microcirculation; Venoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; HISTAMINE; ISOPRENALINE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HEPATIC VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THICKNESS; VEIN RESISTANCE; VENULE;

EID: 0031944274     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.3.h777     Document Type: Article

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