Role of nitric oxide in the neural control of cardiovascular function

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 639-649

  Zanzinger, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SILDENAFIL;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CIRCULATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASODILATION;

EID: 0033566787     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00085-1     Document Type: Review

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