Diminished contractile responses of isolated conduit arteries in two rat models of hypertension

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Zemančíková, Anna ^a   Török, Jozef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Contraction; Isometric force; Large arteries; NO synthase blockade; Noradrenaline; Smooth muscle; Spontaneously hypertensive rat

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUIT ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HEART CONTRACTION; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 84879284160     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4077/CJP.2013.BAB128     Document Type: Article

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