Marked heterogeneity of endothelin-mediated contractility and contraction dynamics in mouse renal and femoral arteries

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 231, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 777-781

  Widmer, Corinne C ^a   Mundy, Alexa L ^a   Kretz, Martin ^a   Barton, Matthias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÄTSSPITAL ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anatomic; Femoral; Heterogeneity; Mouse; Vascular

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; FEMORAL ARTERY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RENAL ARTERY;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMORAL ARTERY; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RENAL ARTERY; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 33744900077     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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