Longitudinal assessment of endothelial function in the microvasculature of mice in-vivo

Microvascular Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 86-92

  Belch, Jill J F ^a   Akbar, Naveed ^a   Alapati, Venkateswara ^b   Petrie, John ^b   Arthur, Simon ^c   Khan, Faisel ^a  

^a Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; CELL FUNCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM; EX VIVO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; TAIL ARTERY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTERIES; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIPIDS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROCIRCULATION; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84871714672     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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