Maturation is associated with changes in rat cerebral artery structure, biomechanical properties and tone

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-371

  Mandala M ^a,b   Pedatella, A L ^a   Morales Palomares, S ^a   Cipolla, M J ^b   Osol, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral arteries; Endothelium; Maturation; Myogenic tone; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN ARTERY; ENZYME INHIBITION; MALE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; COLLAGEN; DILTIAZEM; ELASTIN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PAPAVERINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84861233473     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2011.02406.x     Document Type: Article

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