Rat retinal tissue releases a vasorelaxing factor

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3279-3286

  Boussery, Koen ^a   Delaey, Christophe ^a   Van De Voorde, Johan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); DICLOFENAC; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROSTANOID; VANADIC ACID; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; VASODILATATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DICLOFENAC; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; INDOMETHACIN; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NITROARGININE; OXADIAZOLES; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; THAPSIGARGIN; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0036785778     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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