Nitric oxide synthase and endothelin in cerebrovascular nerves of the basilar artery in pregnant rat

Biomedical Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-5

  Loesch, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular nerves; Electron immunocytochemistry; Endothelin; Nitric oxide; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; VARICOSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038613480     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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