Evidence for a specific influence of the nitrergic pathway on the peripheral pulse waveform in rabbits

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 503-512

  Nier, B A ^a   Harrington, L S ^b   Carrier, M J ^c   Weinberg, P D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENTOLAMINE; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSE WAVE; RABBIT; VASCULARIZATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 40849086435     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2007.041129     Document Type: Article

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