Cerebral arteriolar structure and function in pinealectomized rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 281, Issue 4 50-4, 2001, Pages

  Regrigny O ^a   Dupuis, F ^a   Atkinson, J ^a   Liminana P ^a   Scalbert, E ^a   Delagrange, P ^a   Chillon, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Autoregulation; Maximal vasodilatation; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTENSION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0034790669     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.281.4.h1476     Document Type: Article

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