Histochemical assessment of nitric oxide synthase activity in aortic endothelial cells of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Pathophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-67

  Shafiei, M ^a   Nobakht, M ^b   Fattahi, M ^b   Kohneh Shahri, L ^a   Mahmoudian, M ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Endothelium; NADPH diaphorase histochemistry; Nitric oxide synthase; Rat aorta

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; VASCULAR RING;

EID: 0344982881     PISSN: 09284680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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