A calcium channel blocker, benidipine, inhibits intimal thickening in the carotid artery of mice by increasing nitric oxide production

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 451-458

  Yamashita, Tomoya ^a   Kawashima, Seinosuke ^a   Ozaki, Masanori ^a   Rikitake, Yoshiyuki ^a   Hirase, Tetsuaki ^a   Inoue, Nobutaka ^a   Hirata, Ken Ichi ^a   Yokoyama, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium channel blockers; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Intimal thickening; Nitric oxide; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

BENIDIPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY LIGATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0035123687     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200103000-00013     Document Type: Article

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