Acetylcholine-induced relaxation in blood vessels from endothelial nitric oxide synthase knockout mice

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 219-226

  Chataigneau, Thierry ^a   Félétou, Michel ^b   Huang, Paul L ^c   Fishman, Mark C ^d   Duhault, Jacques ^a   Vanhoutte, Paui M ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SERVIER   (France)

^b Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cyclo oxygenase products; EDHF; Endothelium; eNOS knockout mice; Nitric oxide; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CROMAKALIM; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ISOLATED ARTERY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD VESSELS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY VESSELS; CROMAKALIM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HOMOZYGOTE; INDOMETHACIN; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLSIDOMINE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MUTATION; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITROARGININE; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032919816     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702300     Document Type: Article

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