Dilatation in the femoral vascular bed does not cause retrograde relaxation of the iliac artery in the anaesthetized pig

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-213

  Markos, F ^a   Ruane O'Hora, T ^a   Snow, H M ^a   Kelly, R ^b   Wainwright, C ^c   Skene, K ^c   Drake Holland, A J ^c   Noble, M I M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Endothelium dependent hyperpolarizing factor; Nitric oxide; Shear stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; ILIAC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE; VASCULAR TISSUE; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FEMUR; ILIAC ARTERY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUS SCROFA; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 53549118297     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01882.x     Document Type: Article

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