Increased acetylcholine-induced vasodilation in pregnant rats: A role for gap junctional communication

Hypertension

Volumn 34, Issue 4 II, 1999, Pages 937-942

  Villela Dantas, Maria Fernanda ^a   Urban, Marcia ^b   Spray, David ^b   Catelli De Carvalho, Maria Helena ^a   Tostes Passaglia, Rita De Cassia Aleixo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelium derived factor; Gap junctions; Nitric oxide; Preeclampsia; Rats

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; HEPTANOL; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0344994516     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.34.4.937     Document Type: Article

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