Role of nitric oxide in mediating vasodilator responses to opioid peptides in the rat

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 229-232

  Champion, Hunter C ^a   Bivalacqua, Trinity J ^b   Zadina, James E ^b,c   Kastin, Abba J ^b,c   Hyman, Albert L ^b   Kadowitz, Philip J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endomorphin; Nitric oxide; Nociceptin; Rat; Regional vasculature

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENOMEDULLIN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; DIETHYLAMINE; ENDOMORPHIN 1; ENDOMORPHIN 2; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; LEMAKALIM; MECLOFENAMATE SODIUM; MORPHICEPTIN[3 (N METHYLPHENYLALANINE) 4 DEXTRO PROLINAMIDE]; N (1 ADAMANTYL) N' CYCLOHEXYL 4 MORPHOLINECARBOXAMIDINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NOCICEPTIN; OPIATE PEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; RAT; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HINDLIMB; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIOID PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASODILATION;

EID: 0036130285     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2002.03634.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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