Influence of hypertension on acetaldehyde-induced vasorelaxation in rat thoracic aorta

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-199

  Ren, Jun ^a   Wang, Guei Jane ^b   Petrovski, Pauline ^c   Ren, Bonnie H ^a   Brown, Ricardo A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Hypertension; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; HISTAMINE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; THORACIC AORTA; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 6444244673     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/phrs.2002.0947     Document Type: Article

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