Nitric oxide-cGMP-mediated vasoconstriction and effects of acetylcholine in the branchial circulation of the eel

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 447-457

  Pellegrino, D ^a   Sprovieri, E ^a   Mazza, R ^a   Randall, D J ^b   Tota, B ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^d Zoological Station   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Anguilla anguilla; Branchial circulation; CGMP; EDRF; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide donors; Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors; Teleosts; Vascular tone

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; ATROPINE; CYCLIC GMP; HEMOGLOBIN; LINSIDOMINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PIRENZEPINE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; 3 MORPHOLINO SYDNONIMINE; 3-MORPHOLINO-SYDNONIMINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MOLSIDOMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRANCHIAL ARCH; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CIRCULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; VASOCONSTRICTION; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GILL; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; TELEOSTEI;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; BRANCHIAL REGION; CYCLIC GMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GILLS; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; MOLSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0035999610     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00082-X     Document Type: Article

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