Relative contributions of endothelial, inducible, and neuronal NOS to tone in the murine pulmonary circulation

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 3 21-3, 1999, Pages

  Fagan, Karen A ^a,c   Tyler, Robert C ^a   Sato, Koichi ^a   Fouty, Brian W ^a   Morris Jr , Kenneth G ^a   Huang, Paul L ^b   McMurtry, Ivan F ^a   Rodman, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Box C 272 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Pulmonary hypertension; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG CIRCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0032887861     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1999.277.3.l472     Document Type: Article

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