Nitric oxide lowers the calcium sensitivity of tension in the rat tail artery

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 507, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 163-174

  Tran, Nguyen N P ^b   Spitzbarth, Esther ^b   Robert, Alain ^b   Giummelly, Philippe ^b   Atkinson, Jeffrey ^b   Capdeville Atkinson, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; FURA 2; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN;

ADVENTITIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR PERFUSION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTERY PERFUSION; CALCIUM SENSITIVITY; CELL ISOLATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

AIR; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CALCIUM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FURA-2; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAIL; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0032520116     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.163bu.x     Document Type: Article

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