Wall tension and contraction of the aorta in 6-month-old spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Autonomic Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 265-269

  Nunes, J P L ^a   Guimarães, Serafim ^a  

^a Inst of Pharmacol and Therapeutics   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN B; NORADRENALIN BITARTRATE;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR RING;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BODY WEIGHT; CYTOCHALASIN B; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034581751     PISSN: 01441795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2680.2000.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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