Decreases in splanchnic vascular resistance contribute to hypotensive effects of L-serine in hypertensive rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Mishra, Ramesh C ^a   Tripathy, Saswati ^a   Gandhi, Jugal D ^a   Balsevich, John ^c   Akhtar, Jawed ^b   Desai, Kaushik M ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Venkat ^a  

^a Cardiovascular Research Group   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluorescent microspheres; L serine; N nitro l arginine methyl ester; Regional blood flow; Spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; CHARYBDOTOXIN; MICROSPHERE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SERINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DRUG EFFECT; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART OUTPUT; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALS; APAMIN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CHARYBDOTOXIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SERINE; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; SPLEEN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 77952589046     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00810.2009     Document Type: Article

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