Roles of endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitors and endothelin-1 for regulating myometrial contractions during gestation in the rat

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 505-512

  Momohara, Yoshihito ^a   Sakamoto, Shuichi ^a   Obayashi, Satoshi ^a   Aso, Takeshi ^a   Goto, Moritaka ^a   Azuma, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Endogenous NOS inhibitors; Endothelin 1; Gestation; NO

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; ARGININE; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; UPREGULATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; ISOENZYMES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 4344564156     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah072     Document Type: Article

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