Cortisol inhibits cholinergic vasodilatation in the human forearm

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1155-1160

  Mangos, George J ^a   Walker, Brian R ^c   Kelly, John J ^a,b   Lawson, Jane A ^a   Webb, David J ^c   Whitworth, Judith A ^d  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Forearm blood flow; Glucocorticoid; Hypertension; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE; NG MONOMETHYL LEVO ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; VEIN DILATATION; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

EID: 0033758330     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(00)01201-2     Document Type: Article

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