Influence of 0.1 or 0.2% Cholesterol-enriched diets on the induction of atherosclerosis and aorta reactivity in vitro

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 690-699

  Fontes Ribeiro, C A ^a   Almeida, L ^a   Paiva, I ^a   Tavares, P ^a   Cabrita, S ^b   Wulfroth, P ^c   Matos Beja, M L ^b   Teixeira, F ^a,b  

^a Institutes Pharmacol Exp T   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c MERZ PHARMACEUTICALS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol diets; Endothelium; NO; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CHOLESTEROL DIET; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; LIPIDS; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RABBITS; SEROTONIN; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0344936015     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199805000-00007     Document Type: Article

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