Hypoxic contraction of small pulmonary arteries from normal and endotoxemic rats: Fundamental role of NO

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 4 45-4, 1999, Pages

  Terraz, Sylvain ^a   Baechtold, François ^a   Renard, Delphine ^a   Barsi, Attila ^a   Rosselet, Anne ^a   Gnaegi, Alex ^a   Liaudet, Lucas ^a   Lazor, Romain ^a   Haefliger, Jacques A ^a   Schaad, Nicolas ^c   Perret, Claude ^a   Kucera, Paul ^b   Markert, Michèle ^a   Feihl, Francois ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b University of Lausanne Medical Center   (Switzerland)

^c Pharm Interhospitaliere de la Cote   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Hypoxia; Nitric oxide; Pulmonary circulation; Rat; Vascular endothelium

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RAT;

EID: 0032930534     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.4.h1207     Document Type: Article

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