Does the endothelium abolish or promote arterial vasomotion in rat mesenteric arteries? Explanations for the seemingly contradictory effects

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 416-426

  Seppey, Dominique ^a   Sauser, Roger ^a   Koenigsberger, Michèle ^a   Bény, Jean Louis ^b   Meister, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcium; Endothelial cells; Endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor; Nitric oxide; Smooth muscle cells; Vasomotion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; APAMIN; CALCIUM ION; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MOTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEADY STATE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WISTAR RAT; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PERIODICITY; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; APAMIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT RELAXING FACTORS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PERIODICITY; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 50349092116     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000124283     Document Type: Article

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