Reverse arterial wall shear stress causes nitric oxide-dependent vasodilatation in the anaesthetised dog

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 445, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-54

  Markos, F ^a   Hennessy, B A ^a   Fitzpatrick, M ^a   O'Sullivan, J ^a   Snow, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMORAL ARTERY; ILIAC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY STATE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD FLOW; DRUG EFFECT; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ILIAC ARTERY; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 0036811977     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-002-0915-9     Document Type: Article

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