Effects of pregnancy, hypertension and nitric oxide inhibition on rat uterine artery myogenic reactivity

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 463-471

  Barron, Carolyn ^a   Mandala, Maurizio ^b   Osol, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydralazine; L NAME; Nitric oxide; Pressure induced tone; Uterus

Indexed keywords

HYDRALAZINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TIME; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HYDRALAZINE; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE ARTERY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 77951561979     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000313874     Document Type: Article

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