Evidence of a nonendothelial source of nitric oxide in the isolated perfused hindlimb vasculature of the pregnant rat

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-21

  Lubarsky, Suzanne L ^a   Sibai, Baha M ^a   Ahokas, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Norepinephrine; Perfusion pressure; Pregnancy; Vascular tone; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ESTER; METHYL GROUP; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HINDLIMB; LIMB PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0033056360     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641959909009607     Document Type: Article

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