Relaxin modifies systemic arterial resistance and compliance in conscious, nonpregnant rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3289-3296

  Conrad, Kirk P ^a   Debrah, Dan O ^b   Novak, Jackie ^a   Danielson, Lee A ^c   Shroff, Sanjeev G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; COMPLIANCE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RELAXIN; RENAL ARTERY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 3042685353     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-1612     Document Type: Article

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