Role of nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase in pulmonary vascular control in isolated perfused lungs of ferrets, rats and rabbits

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 907-916

  Liu, Xia ^a   Bee, Denise ^a   Barer, Gwenda R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE METHYL ESTER; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FERRET; ISOLATED LUNG; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RABBIT; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032877025     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0958067099018539     Document Type: Article

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