Endothelin-1 and relaxation of the rat aorta during pregnancy in nitroarginine-induced hypertension

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 204-212

  Dieye, Amadou Moctar ^a   Van Overloop, Bruno ^a   Gairard, Alexis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Aorta; ET 1; ETB recepto; Hypertension in pregnancy; NO; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0033278622     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.1999.tb00340.x     Document Type: Article

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