Effect of age on electrical field stimulation (EFS)-induced endothelium-dependent vasodilation in male and female rats

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 137-144

  Sullivan, Jennifer C ^a,b   Davison, Cathy A ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Arteries; Endothelial function; Gender

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CAPSAICIN; GUANETHIDINE; INDOMETACIN; MEPYRAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; TETRODOTOXIN; TIOTIDINE;

AGE; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VASODILATATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TETRODOTOXIN; VASODILATION;

EID: 0035078482     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00193-6     Document Type: Article

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