Endothelium and aortic contraction to endothelin-1 in the pregnant rat

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 372-377

  Moctar Dièye, Amadou ^a   Gairard, Alexis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aorta; Contraction; Endothelin 1; Endothelium; Gestation

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0034085679     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y99-150     Document Type: Article

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