The vascular reactivity of melatonin

General Pharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-35

  Monroe, Kimberly K ^a   Watts, Stephanie W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Nitric oxide; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; LUZINDOLE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031986135     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(97)00090-6     Document Type: Article

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