Effects of inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis and of hypercapnia on blood pressure and brain blood flow in the turtle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 815-820

  Söderström, Veronica ^a   Nilsson, Göran E ^b   Lutz, Peter L ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; carbon dioxide; cerebral blood flow; endothelium derived relaxing factor; hypercapnia; N(G) nitro L arginine; nitric oxide; Trachemys scripta; turtle

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; HYPERCAPNIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HYPERCAPNIA; NITRIC OXIDE; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842368480     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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