Histological changes in the rat thoracic aorta after chronic nitric oxide synthase inhibition

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 141-147

  Vardi, Nigar ^a   Öztürk, Feral ^a   Fadillioǧlu, Ersin ^b   Otlu, Ali ^a   Yaǧmurca, Murat ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

L NAME; Light microscopy; Nitric oxide; Rat; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; ENZYMES;

HYPERTENSION;

ENZYME INHIBITION;

FORMALDEHYDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAROTID SINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 0037933356     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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