Role of iNOS in the vasodilator responses induced by L-arginine in the middle cerebral artery from normotensive and hypertensive rats

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-120

  Briones, Ana M ^a   Alonso, Maria J ^a   Marin, Jesus ^a   Salaices, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Inducible NO synthase; L arginine; Lipopolysaccharide; Polymyxin B; Protein kinase C; Rat middle cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; CALPHOSTIN C; DEXAMETHASONE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYMYXIN B; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGININE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DEXAMETHASONE; DINOPROST; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPERTENSION; INDOMETHACIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; POLYMYXIN B; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VASODILATION;

EID: 0032918318     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702281     Document Type: Article

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