Vanadate treatment normalizes exaggerated vascular smooth muscle responses in the obese Zucker rat

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-65

  Hopfner, Rob L ^a   McNeill, J Robert ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Venkat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aorta; Obese Zucker rat; Plasma insulin; Tension response; Vanadate

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; VANADIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNDROME X; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG INTERACTIONS; INSULIN; METHOXAMINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; OBESITY; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VANADATES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032508738     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00535-4     Document Type: Article

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