Influence of lead on rat thoracic aorta contraction and relaxation

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 9 I, 2001, Pages 873-878

  Shelkovnikov, Stanislav A ^a,b   Gonick, Harvey C ^b,c  

^a BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Lead; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM; ISOPRENALINE; LEAD ACETATE; NORADRENALIN; PHORBOL ESTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CALCIUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; LEAD; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHORBOL ESTERS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034821726     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(01)02149-5     Document Type: Article

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