Vasoconstrictor responsiveness of tail arteries from endotoxaemic rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 460, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 145-153

  Ralevic, Vera ^a   Farmer, Matthew R ^a   Gardiner, Sheila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endotoxaemia; Lipopolysaccharide; Tail artery; Vasocontraction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA,BETA METHYLENEADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; METHOXAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTOXEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; METHOXAMINE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PERFUSION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TAIL; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0037462421     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(02)02917-5     Document Type: Article

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