Mesenteric lymph flow in adult and aged rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Akl, Tony J ^a   Nagai, Takashi ^b   Coté, Gerard L ^a   Gashev, Anatoliy A ^b  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Lymph flow velocity; Mesenteric lymphatic vessels; Nitric oxide; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; FLOW RATE; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPH FLOW; MALE; MESENTERY BLOOD VESSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHEAR STRESS; SYSTOLE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; LYMPH; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MESENTERY; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PULSATILE FLOW; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80355130007     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00538.2011     Document Type: Article

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