Effects of doxazosin on blood flow and mRNA expression of nitric oxide synthase in the spontaneously hypertensive rat genitourinary tract

Life Sciences

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 218-222

  Yono, Makoto ^a   Yamamoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Yoshida, Masaki ^a   Ueda, Shoichi ^a   Latifpour, Jamshid ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Doxazosin; Nitric oxide synthase; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOXAZOSIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; MICROSPHERE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY PELVIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENILE BLOOD FLOW; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE HEART FAILURE RAT; TECHNIQUE; UPREGULATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOXAZOSIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; MICROSPHERES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RNA, MESSENGER; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

RATTUS;

EID: 34250836855     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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