Influence of chronic ethanol consumption on arterial tone in young and aged rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 45-2, 1999, Pages

  Kähönen, Mika ^a,c,d   Karjala, Kirsi ^b   Hutri Kähönen, Nina ^a,c   Wu, Xiumin ^a   Jaatinen, Pia ^a,c   Riihioja, Päivi ^a   Hervonen, Antti ^a   Pörsti, Ilkka ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Arterial smooth muscle; Endothelium; Hyperpolarization; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CROMAKALIM; DICLOFENAC; ISOPRENALINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0345369442     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.2.h464     Document Type: Article

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