Differential structural and functional changes in penile and coronary arteries from obese Zucker rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Villalba, Nuria ^a   Martínez, Pilar ^a   Bríones, Ana Maria ^b   Sánchez, Ana ^a   Salaíces, Mercedes ^b   García Sacristán, Albino ^a   Hernández, Medardo ^a   Benedito, Sara ^a   Prieto, Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coronary artery; Endothelial dysfunction; Erectile dysfunction; Penile artery; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SILDENAFIL; SUPEROXIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PENIS ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION; ZUCKER DIABETIC FATTY RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NITROARGININE; OBESITY; PENIS; PIPERAZINES; PREDIABETIC STATE; PURINES; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; SULFONES; SUPEROXIDES; TRIGLYCERIDES; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 68049094198     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01308.2008     Document Type: Article

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