Possible Mechanisms of Vascular Relaxation Induced by Pulsed-UV Laser

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 388-393

  Morimoto, Yuji ^a   Arai, Tsunenori ^a   Matsuo, Hirotaka ^a   Kikuchi, Makoto ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMORAL ARTERY; LASER; MALE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMORAL ARTERY; LASERS; MALE; METHYLENE BLUE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VACUOLES; VASODILATION;

EID: 0032159613     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb09697.x     Document Type: Article

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