Changes of Brain Endothelin Levels and Peripheral Endothelin Receptors by Chronic Cigarette Smoke in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

The present study was conducted to evaluate the contribution of endothelin (ET) to the pharmacodynamic response to chronic cigarette smoke in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). The contribution of ET was studied consequent to the hemodynamic response following 8 weeks of cigarette smoke by deter...

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Main Authors: Norikazu Ohno, Takeshi Tanaka, Taizo Kita, Kaoru Kubo, Keiji Shimada, Yukio Yonetani, Noboru Konishi, Toshikatsu Nakashima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2004-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S134786131932496X