Functional and morphological damage of endothelium in rabbit ear artery following irradiation with cobalt60

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 653-660

  Qi, Fazhi ^a   Sugihara, Tsuneki ^a   Hattori, Yuichi ^a   Yamamoto, Yuhei ^a   Kanno, Morio ^a   Abe, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artery; Contraction; EDRF; Endothelium; Irradiation; Nitric oxide synthase; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

COBALT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL; ARTERY; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EAR; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EAR; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RABBITS;

EID: 0031992443     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701654     Document Type: Article

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