The effect of tezosentan, a non-selective endothelin receptor antagonist, on shear stress-induced changes in arterial diameter of the anaesthetized dog

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 544, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 913-918

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MORPHINE SULFATE; PENTOBARBITAL; TEZOSENTAN; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SELECTIVITY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; ILIAC ARTERY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SHEAR STRESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; VASODILATATION; ANESTHESIA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CARDIAC SYMPATHETIC NERVE; ENDOTHELIUM; HEART RATE; HEART STIMULATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SUBSCLAVIAN ARTERY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ENDOTHELINS; ILIAC ARTERY; PULSATILE FLOW; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TETRAZOLES; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0036850605     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.030478     Document Type: Article

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