Hindlimb unweighting decreases ecNOS gene expression and endothelium- dependent dilation in rat soleus feed arteries

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1476-1482

  Jasperse, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Woodman, Christopher R ^a   Price, Elmer M ^a   Hasser, Eileen M ^a   Laughlin, M Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Flow induced dilation; Microcirculation; Microgravity; Sodium nitroprusside

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HINDLIMB; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0032841717     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.4.1476     Document Type: Article

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