Age-related alterations of active pumping mechanisms in rat thoracic duct

Microcirculation

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 827-839

  Gasheva, Olga Y ^a   Knippa, Kevin ^b   Nepiushchikh, Zhanna V ^b   Muthuchamy, Mariappan ^b   Gashev, Anatoliy A ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Research Institute Division of Lymphatic Biology   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Lymph flow; Lymph pressure; Lymphatic; Thoracic duct

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INOTROPISM; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC PARAMETERS; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THORACIC DUCT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; THORACIC DUCT;

RATTUS;

EID: 36248943573     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10739680701444065     Document Type: Article

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