Propofol relaxes extrapulmonary artery but not intrapulmonary artery through nitric oxide pathway

Hiroshima Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 61-64

  Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamanoue, Takao ^a   Kuroda, Masahiko ^a   Kawamoto, Masashi ^a   Yuge, Osafumi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Propofol; Pulmonary circulation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; INTRALIPID; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PAPAVERINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPOFOL;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG CIRCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROPOFOL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0035214835     PISSN: 00182052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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