Prevention of stroke and preservation of the functions of cerebral arteries by treatment with perindopril in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-34

  Wang, H ^a   Smeda, J S ^b   Lee, R M K W ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Cerebral artery; Hypertension; Myogenic response; Perindopril; Stroke

Indexed keywords

PERINDOPRIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BRAIN ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STROKE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031953037     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y97-181     Document Type: Article

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