The role of ATP and adenosine in the control of hepatic blood flow in the rabbit liver in vivo

Comparative Hepatology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Browse, Dominic J ^a   Mathie, Robert T ^b   Benjamin, Irving S ^a   Alexander, Barry ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 PHENYLTHEOPHYLLINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RUBBER; SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; IMPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; ISOLATED LIVER; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER PERFUSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; RABBIT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; VASODILATATION;

EID: 2942552811     PISSN: 14765926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-5926-2-9     Document Type: Article

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