Attenuation of conducted vasodilation in skeletal muscle arterioles during hyperhomocysteinemia

Pharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 287-296

  Givvimani, S ^a   Narayanan, N ^a   Armaghan, F ^a   Pushpakumar, S ^a   Tyagi, S C ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Homocysteine conductive vasodilation; Myostatin skeletal muscle fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CONNEXIN 37; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; HOMOCYSTEINE; MYOSTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE PERFUSION; VASODILATATION; ATTENUATION; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONDUCTED VASODILATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MICROINJECTION; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84878352831     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: 14230313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350394     Document Type: Article

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