Endogenous nitric oxide synthesis differentially modulates pressure-flow and pressure-conductance relationships in the internal and external carotid artery circulations of the rat

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 527-534

  Ujiie, Hiroshi ^a,b   Edwards, David H ^a   Griffith, Tudor M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Flow dependent dilation; NG monomethyl L arginine; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SHEAR FLOW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0036906752     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.42.527     Document Type: Article

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