Effect of chronic myocardial infarction on in vivo reactivity of skeletal muscle arterioles

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 5 41-5, 1997, Pages

  Didion, Sean P ^a   Mayhan, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; calcitonin gene related peptide; L arginine; rats; substance P

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 33751281230     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.5.h2403     Document Type: Article

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