Increased nitric oxide accounts for decreased basal vascular tone and responsiveness in the resistance vessels of high-cholesterol-fed rabbits

Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 220-227

  Fitch, Richard ^a   Da Cunha, Valdeci ^a   Kauser, Katalin ^a   Dole, William ^a   Parkinson, John ^a   Vergona, Ronald ^a   Sullivan, Mark E ^a   Wang, Yi Xin ^a  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood flow; L NAME; L NIL; Perfusion; Vascular conductance

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; N 6 IMINOETHYLLYSINE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PHENYLEPHRINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LYSINE; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RABBITS; S-NITROSO-N-ACETYLPENICILLAMINE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0035208512     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056137     Document Type: Article

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