Vasodilator mechanisms in the dorsal aorta of the giant shovelnose ray, Rhinobatus typus (Rajiformes; Rhinobatidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-31

  Donald, John A ^a   Broughton, Brad R S ^a   Bennett, Michael B ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Prostaglandin; Rhinobatus typus; Soluble guanylyl cyclase

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; INDOMETACIN; NICOTINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; FISH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MICROGLIA; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PLEXUS; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHINOBATUS TYPUS; STAINING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; VEIN;

BATOIDEA; PISCES; RAJIFORMES; RHINOBATIDAE;

EID: 0347285251     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00260-5     Document Type: Article

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