An in vitro investigation of aorta and corpus cavernosum from eNOS and nNOS gene-deficient mice

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 448, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-145

  Nangle, M R ^a   Cotter, M A ^a   Cameron, N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aorta; Corpus cavernosum; Endothelium; NANC nerve; Nitric oxide; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; FLURBIPROFEN; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; AORTA MEDIA; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITROARGININE; NITROPRUSSIDE; ORGAN SIZE; PENIS; PHENYLEPHRINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 2442432270     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-003-1232-7     Document Type: Article

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