Pulmonary arterial pressure and electrocardiograms in broiler chickens infused intravenously with L-NAME, an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, or sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a nitric oxide donor

British Poultry Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 306-312

  Weidong, S ^a   Xiaolong, W ^a   Jinyong, W ^a   Ruiping, X ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0036562569     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660120121544     Document Type: Article

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