Nitric oxide production decreases after salt loading but is not related to blood pressure changes or nitric oxide-mediated vascular responses

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 153-157

  Dishy, Victor ^a   Sofowora, Gbenga G ^a   Imamura, Hitoshi ^a   Nishimi, Yukihide ^a   Xie, Hong Guang ^a   Wood, Alastair J J ^a   Stein, C Michael ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Nitric oxide; Sodium; Stress

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT LOADING; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0037248234     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200301000-00025     Document Type: Article

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