Effects of chronic taurine treatment on reactivity of the rat aorta

Amino Acids

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 615-623

  Abebe, W ^a   Mozaffari, M S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Endothelium; Rat aorta; Taurine; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RING; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0033672842     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007260070011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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