Nitric oxide inhibitor altitude-dependently elevates pulmonary arterial pressure in high-altitude adapted yaks

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 225-230

  Ishizaki, Takeshi ^a   Koizumi, Tomonori ^b   Ruan, Zonghai ^c   Wang, Zhangang ^c   Chen, Qiuhong ^c   Sakai, Akio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Qinghai High Altitude Med Sci I   (China)

Author keywords

High altitude wild yak; NO inhibitor; Pulmonary circulation

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; HEART OUTPUT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; YAK;

EID: 14844322392     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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