Exogenous tetrahydrobiopterin causes endothelium-dependent contractions in isolated canine basilar artery

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 2 40-2, 1996, Pages

  Kinoshita, H ^a   Katusic, Z S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

cyclooxygenase; nitric oxide; prostaglandin H2 thromboxane A2 receptors; superoxide anion

Indexed keywords

7 [3 [(4 PHENYLSEMICARBAZIDO)METHYL] 7 OXABICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPT 2 YL] 5 HEPTENOIC ACID; CATALASE; CYCLIC GMP; DEFEROXAMINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN H2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SUPEROXIDE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; THROMBOXANE A2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 33750688578     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.271.2.h738     Document Type: Article

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