Chronic social stress increases nitric oxide-dependent vasorelaxation in normotensive rats

Interdisciplinary Toxicology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 109-117

  Puzserova, Angelika ^a   Bernatova, Iveta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

ascorbic acid; crowding; endothelium; social stress; vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALKADIENE; ASCORBIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; SEROTONIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RATE; LIVER; MALE; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RAT; SOCIAL STRESS; VASODILATATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 79551581611     PISSN: 13376853     EISSN: 13379569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10102-010-0049-4     Document Type: Article

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