Adrenomedullin attenuates the hypertension in hypertensive pregnant rats induced by N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 371, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 159-167

  Makino, Ikuko ^a   Shibata, Kazuhiko ^a   Makino, Yasuo ^a   Kangawa, Kenji ^b   Kawarabayashi, Tatsuhiko ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Nitric oxide (NO); Preeclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HYPERTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UTERUS;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FETUS; HYPERTENSION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PEPTIDES; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032913146     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00151-X     Document Type: Article

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