Experimental malaria: The in vitro and in vivo blood pressure paradox

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-102

  Nwokocha, C R ^a   Nwokocha, M I ^c   Owu, D U ^a   Ajayi, I O ^b   Ebeigbe, A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^c Kingston Public Hospital   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Blood vessel; Malaria; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MALARIA; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART RATE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MALARIA; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PULSE RATE; RAT; VASCULAR RING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELLS, CULTURED; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84859089501     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2011-059     Document Type: Article

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