Vascular reactivity to various vasoconstrictor agents and endothelium-dependent relaxations of rat thoracic aorta in the long-term period of pinealectomy

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-334

  Kurcer, Zehra ^a   Sahna, Engin ^b   Olmez, Ercument ^c  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Pinealectomy; Rat aorta; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; CLONIDINE; ENDOTHELIN 1; MELATONIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; SEROTONIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; RAT; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 33747835260     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.FP0060380     Document Type: Article

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