Effects of L-arginine and L-NAME on chronic partial bladder outlet obstruction in rabbit

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Lin, Wei Yu ^a,b,c   Levin, Robert M ^b,c,d   Chichester, Paul ^b   Leggett, Robert ^b   Juan, Yung Shun ^b,c   Johnson, Arnold ^d   Neumann, Paul ^d   Whitbeck, Catherine ^b,d   Guven, Ahmet ^b   Kogan, Barry ^c   Mannikarottu, Anita ^b,c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Contractility; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIPID OXIDATION; MALE; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RABBITS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 36849064349     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00508.2007     Document Type: Article

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