In vivo measurement of flow-mediated vasodilation in living rats using high-resolution ultrasound

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Heiss, Christian ^a   Sievers, Richard E ^a   Amabile, Nicolas ^a   Momma, Tony Y ^b   Chen, Qiumei ^a   Natarajan, Shobha ^a   Yeghiazarians, Yerem ^a   Springer, Matthew L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age dependent endothelial dysfunction; Endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor; Nitric oxide synthase; Rodents

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HYPEREMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHEAR STRESS; ULTRASOUND; VASODILATATION;

ADENOSINE; AGING; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HINDLIMB; HYPEREMIA; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGLYCERIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 39149129379     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00811.2007     Document Type: Article

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