Blunted non-nitric oxide vasodilatory neurotransmission in penile arteries from renal hypertensive rats

Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 354-362

  Martínez, Ana Cristina ^a,b   Stankevicius, Edgaras ^a,c   Jakobsen, Preben ^a   Simonsen, Ulf ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

ADMA; l Arginine; Nitric oxide; Penile arteries; Renal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARGININE; ARTERIES; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HYPERTENSION, RENAL; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; PENIS; PHENYLEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33646134107     PISSN: 15371891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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