The importance of the hyperpolarizing mechanism increases as the vessel size decreases in endothelium-dependent relaxations in rat mesenteric circulation

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 703-711

  Shimokawa, Hiroaki ^a,b   Yasutake, Hiroshi ^a   Fujii, Koji ^b   Owada, M Koji ^c   Nakaike, Ryuichi ^a   Fukumoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Takayanagi, Tsuneo ^a   Nagao, Tetsuhiko ^b   Egashira, Kensuke ^a   Fujishima, Masatoshi ^b   Takeshita, Akira ^a  

^a Res Institute of Angiocardiology   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelium dependent relaxation; Endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor; Microcirculation; Nitric oxide; Prostacyclin

Indexed keywords

ARGININE METHYL ESTER; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; INDOMETACIN; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROSTACYCLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPOPROSTENOL; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; VASODILATION;

EID: 10544239533     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199611000-00014     Document Type: Article

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