Oxygen-dependent vasomotor responses are conducted upstream in the mouse cremaster microcirculation

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-89

  Riemann, Mads ^a   Rai, Amrit ^a   Ngo, Anh Thuc ^a   Dziegiel, Morten Hanefeld ^b   Holstein Rathlou, Niels Henrik ^a   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arteriole; Conducted vasodilation; Cremaster; Hypoxia; Microcirculation; Vasomotor responses

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CAPILLARY; CELL SUSPENSION; ENDOTHELIUM; ERYTHROCYTE; HYPEROXIA; HYPOXIA; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYGEN; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 77954547210     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000318777     Document Type: Article

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