Upregulation of vascular inducible nitric oxide synthase mediates the hypotensive effect of ethanol in conscious female rats

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1011-1018

  El Mas, Mahmoud M ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Abdel Rahman, Abdel A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoguanidine; Blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINOGUANIDINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NOS2 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HORMONE ACTION; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR TISSUE; ANIMAL; AORTA; CHEMISTRY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEART RATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GUANIDINES; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITROARGININE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33645819595     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01058.2005     Document Type: Article

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