Hemoglobin mediated contraction of the isolated rat thoracic aorta: Why is precontraction necessary?

Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes, and Immobilization Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-36

  Kim, H W ^a   Greenburg, A G ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; ENZYMES; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN OXIDES;

CONTRACTILE AGONIST; ISOMETRIC VESSEL RINGS; PRECONTRACTION; THORACIC AORTA;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HEMOGLOBIN; METHEMOGLOBIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEMOGLOBINS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; METHEMOGLOBIN; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 14644415954     PISSN: 10731199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/BIO-200046643     Document Type: Article

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