Acute and chronic effects of relaxin on vasoactivity, myogenic reactivity and compliance of the rat mesenteric arterial and venous vasculature

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 41-46

  Li, Yang ^a   Brookes, Zoë L S ^a   Kaufman, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac preload; Splanchnic; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPACITANCE BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MESENTERIC VEIN; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MESENTERIC VEINS; RATS; RELAXIN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27744539000     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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