Effects of electro-acupuncture on endothelium-derived endothelin-1 and endothelial nitric oxide synthase of rats with hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 235, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 642-648

  Pan, Peng ^a   Zhang, Xueyong ^a   Qian, Hua ^a   Shi, Weidong ^a   Wang, Juan ^a   Bo, Yulong ^a   Li, Wenzhi ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electro acupuncture; Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Endothelin 1; Hypoxia; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; TISSUE EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HEART INDEX; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART WEIGHT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOXIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG HOMOGENATE; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; THERAPY EFFECT; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BLOOD; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; LUNG; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

EID: 77952570477     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ebm.2010.009353     Document Type: Article

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