Influence of nitric oxide-mediated vasodilation on the blood pressure measured with the tail-cuff method in the rat

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 757-765

  Fritz, Mariana ^a   Rinaldi, Gustavo ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^b Centro de investigaciones Cardiovasculares Dr Horacio E   (Argentina)

Author keywords

L NAME; Nitric oxide; Systolic blood pressure; Tail cuff method

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PAPAVERINE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; SUPEROXIDE;

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASODILATATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; VASODILATION;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 35348893100     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11373-007-9191-1     Document Type: Article

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