Regulation of endometrial blood flow in ovariectomized rats: Assessment of the role of nitric oxide

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 4 42-4, 1997, Pages

  Chaudhuri, Gautam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol 17 ; Hydrogen gas clearance

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OVARIECTOMY; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 20644446639     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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