In vivo regulation of vasomotricity by nitric oxide and prostanoids during gestation

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 427, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-149

  Boujedaini, Naoual ^a,b   Liu, Jing ^b   Thuillez, Christian ^a   Cazin, Lionel ^b   Mensah Nyagan, Ayikoe G ^c  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial blood pressure; Nitric oxide (NO); Pregnancy; Prostanoid; Uterine artery; Vasomotricity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DICLOFENAC; MUSCARINIC AGENT; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PROSTANOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DICLOFENAC; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; UTERUS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0035860525     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(01)01233-X     Document Type: Article

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