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omega-n-methylarginine and Muscle Contraction

omega-n-methylarginine has been researched along with Muscle Contraction in 172 studies

Research

Studies (172)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's128 (74.42)18.2507
2000's37 (21.51)29.6817
2010's7 (4.07)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Ally, A; Maher, TJ; Phattanarudee, S; Towiwat, P1
Bledsoe, A; Gmelch, BS; Groot, HJ; Ives, SJ; Layec, G; Morgan, DE; Richardson, RS; Rossman, MJ; Trinity, JD1
Betik, AC; Frugier, T; Hong, YH; Lynch, GS; McConell, GK; Murphy, RM; Rattigan, S; Zhang, X1
Crecelius, AR; Dinenno, FA; Hearon, CM; Kirby, BS; Larson, DG; Luckasen, GJ1
Boghus, S; Gillberg, L; Halim, MA; Hellström, PM; Karlbom, U; Sundbom, M; Webb, DL1
Chen, QZ; Gao, PJ; Guo, SJ; Han, WQ; Wu, LY; Zhu, DL1
Casey, DP; Joyner, MJ1
Ciappellano, S; Del Bo', C; Kalea, AZ; Klimis-Zacas, D; Kristo, AS; Porrini, M; Riso, P1
Lynch, GS; McConell, GK; Merry, TL1
Ikebe, K; Irie, H; Kato, T; Oniki, Y; Takagi, K; Tsuchida, T; Yamaga, M1
Buikema, H; Daan, S; De Zeeuw, D; Deelman, LE; Epema, AH; Henning, RH; Hut, RA; Lip, H; Nelemans, SA; Van der Zee, EA1
Church, JE; Hodgson, WC1
Camaratta, A; Cammarata, A; Nolan, BP; Purgason, CT; Standley, PR; Stanley, MA1
Lima, BS; Mota-Filipe, H; Pinto, R1
Beyak, MJ; Collman, PI; Diamant, NE; Valdez, DT; Xue, S1
Dinenno, FA; Joyner, MJ1
Alonso, MJ; González, R; Martínez-Orgado, J; Salaices, M1
Bohuslavs'kyĭ, AIu; Dmytriieva, AV; Nadtochiĭ, SM; Sahach, VF1
Azuma, H; Kihara, K; Masuda, H; Okuno, T; Tsujii, T; Yamauchi, Y1
Azuma, H; Kihara, K; Kurosaki, E; Masuda, H; Sakai, Y; Yamauchi, Y1
Canny, BJ; McConell, GK; Snow, RJ; Stephens, TJ1
Dekhuijzen, PN; Ennen, L; Heunks, LM; van der Heijden, HF; van Kuppevelt, TH; Versteeg, EM; Vina, J; Zhu, X1
Hotsuliak, SM; Shadrin, OH; Tsypkun, AH1
Bohuslavs'kyĭ, AIu; Dmytriieva, AV; Sahach, VF1
Dekhuijzen, PN; Geraedts, MC; Heunks, LM; Ottenheijm, CA1
Cook, IJ; Dinning, PG; Szczesniak, M1
Harris, PD; Kalea, AZ; Klimis-Zacas, DJ; Schuschke, DA1
Adner, M; Cardell, LO; Zhang, Y1
Anthony, S; Leiper, J; Madhani, M; Malaki, M; McDonald, NQ; Murray-Rust, J; Nandi, M; O'Hara, B; Rossiter, S; Rudiger, A; Selwood, D; Smith, C; Stidwill, R; Torondel, B; Vallance, P; Wojciak-Stothard, B1
Jackson, MJ; Kabayo, T; Palomero, J; Pye, D1
Capasso, F; Izzo, AA; Mascolo, N; Viola, P1
Ku, DD; Zaleski, JK1
Frew, JD; Martin, W; Paisley, K1
Evans, TW; Griffiths, MJ; MacAllister, RJ; Messent, M1
Amado, JA; Berrazueta, JR; Poveda, JJ; Salas, E; Sánchez de Vega, MJ1
Mehta, JL; Yang, BC1
Bult, H; De Meyer, GR; Herman, AG; Jordaens, FH; Kockx, M; Ustünes, L; Zonnekeyn, LL1
Gruetter, CA; Lemke, SM; Szarek, JL; Valentovic, MA1
Campbell, G; Green, K1
Curzen, NP; Evans, TW; Griffiths, MJ; Liu, S; Messent, M1
Coffey, RG; Fitzpatrick, DF; Hirschfield, SL; Jantzen, P; Ricci, T1
Griffith, OW; Joly, GA; Kilbourn, RG; Narayanan, K1
Nankervis, CA; Nowicki, PT1
Mizuno, R; Ohhashi, T1
Babbedge, RC; Gaffen, ZA; Hart, SL; Moore, PK; Wallace, P1
Brading, A; Mortensen, N; O'Kelly, T1
Bonhomme, E; Laubie, M; Simonet, S; Verbeuren, TJ1
Greenberg, SS; Kolls, J; Malinski, T; Nelson, S; Summer, W; Wang, Y; Xie, J1
Adeagbo, AS; Triggle, CR1
Gustafsson, LE; Wiklund, CU; Wiklund, NP1
Cawley, T; Docherty, JR; Geraghty, J; Osborne, H1
Pfaffendorf, M; Van Meel, JC; Van Zwieten, PA; Zhang, J1
Göcer, F; Tuncer, M; Yaris, E1
Helle, KB; Krüger, PG; Sverdrup, A1
Stallone, JN1
Riezebos, J; Vallance, PJ; Watts, IS1
Calixto, JB; Schlemper, V1
Ferguson, MK; Reeder, LB; Yang, LH1
Fukazawa, M; Namiki, A1
Bohr, D; Kubaszewski, E; Malinski, T; McClain, S; Peters, A1
Chu, J; Kuramochi, T; Suga, T1
Fukushima, T; Ikarashi, Y; Maruyama, Y; Sasaki, H; Sekizawa, K1
Kaneko, K; Sunano, S1
Bodelsson, G; Stjernquist, M1
Cai, B; Greenberg, S; Hyman, A; Kolls, J; Lippton, H; Nelson, S; Summer, WR; Wang, Y; Xie, J1
Barnes, PJ; Belvisi, MG; Fox, AJ; Miura, M; Tadjkarimi, S; Ward, JK; Yacoub, MH1
Gibson, IF; Gillespie, JS; Martin, W1
Cuthbert, AW; Hunter, JO; Middleton, SJ; Shorthouse, M1
Fujikura, H; Hasegawa, Y; Ishii, Y; Sekiguchi, N; Takayanagi, I1
Hashimoto, S; Kigoshi, S; Muramatsu, I1
Cosentino, F; Katusić, ZS; Schugel, J; Vanhoutte, PM1
McGregor, CG; McLarty, AJ; Miller, VM1
Bogle, RG; Davies, G; MacAllister, RJ; Vallance, P1
Emanueli, C; Figini, M; Folkerts, G; Geppetti, P; Javdan, P; Nijkamp, FP; Pradelles, P; Ricciardolo, FL1
Fukushima, S; Hashimoto, M; Ishida, Y; Isokawa, S; Masumura, S; Momose, K; Murakami, E; Nakayama, K; Sasaki, T; Tamura, K1
Ferguson, MK; Reeder, LB1
Boegehold, MA1
Costa, G; García-Pascual, A; Labadia, A; Persson, K; Triguero, D1
Dehring, DJ; Ehardt, JS; Lingnau, W; Nelson, SH; Traber, D; Traber, L1
Buéno, L; Dupuis, C; Fioramonti, J; Garcia-Villar, R; Martinolle, JP1
Esplugues, JV; Martinez-Cuesta, MA; Whittle, BJ1
Aubier, M; Boczkowski, J; Danialou, G; Fournier, T; Lanone, S; Ungureanu-Longrois, D1
Cohen, ML; Cox, DA1
Theobald, RJ1
Leighton, HJ; McIntyre, MS; Mudumbi, RV; Parmeter, LL1
Gordon, JB; O'Donnell, DC; Tod, ML1
Folkerts, G; Henricks, PA; Nijkamp, FP; Sadeghi-Hashjin, G; van der Linde, HJ; Verheyen, AK1
Calixto, JB; Medeiros, CL1
Breslin, E; Cawley, T; Docherty, JR; Geraghty, J; Osborne, H1
Bharadwaj, LA; Prasad, K1
Hodson, H; Kimoto, M; MacAllister, RJ; Ogawa, T; Parry, H; Russell, RJ; Vallance, P; Whitley, GS1
Buntzen, S; Delbro, D; Hultén, L; Nordgren, S1
DeFilippi, VJ; Ferguson, MK; Reeder, LB1
Bozhko, AP; Solodkov, AP1
Ahlborg, G; Lundberg, JM1
Barbagallo, M; D'Aloia, A; Manca, C; Passeri, M; Pelà, G; Raddino, R; Visioli, O1
Amorena, M; D'Agostino, B; Lucisano, A; Marabese, I; Matera, MG; Rossi, F1
Bolego, C; Cignarella, A; Messi, E; Puglisi, L; Ruzza, R; Zaarour, C; Zanisi, M1
Béa, ML; Berdeaux, A; Beverelli, F; Giudicelli, JF; Puybasset, L1
Karaki, H; Ozaki, H; Takizawa, S1
Kamata, K; Kojima, S1
Chen, SJ; Wu, CC; Yen, MH1
Dillon, MJ; Frend, A; Goonasekera, CD; Rees, DD; Shah, V; Woolard, P1
Ali, S; Metzger, WJ; Mustafa, SJ; Olanrewaju, HA1
Barber, DA; Crotty, TB; Gloviczki, P; Katusic, ZS; Kullo, IJ; Mozes, G; O'Brien, T; Schwartz, RS1
Abdullah, K; Cawley, T; Connolly, C; Docherty, JR; Ruiz, E1
Etgen, GJ; Fryburg, DA; Gibbs, EM1
Berdeaux, A; Béverelli, F; Giudicelli, JF; Puybasset, L1
Nagao, T; Sato, K; Yamazaki, J1
Karaki, H; Mitsui-Saito, M; Ozaki, H; Yoshimoto, R1
Bodelsson, G; Bodelsson, M; Karlsson, C; Stjernquist, M1
Böhm, M; Flesch, M; Schwarz, A1
Bank, AJ; Chuang, PP; Mullen, K; Shammas, RA1
Comtois, A; Ebihara, S; El Dwairi, Q; Gottfried, SB; Hussain, SN; Lin, MC; Petrof, BJ; Yang, L1
Brock, RW; Halliwill, JR; Hughson, RL; Joyner, MJ; Shoemaker, JK; Tschakovsky, ME1
Berón de Astrada, M; Boquet, M; Cebral, E; Gimeno, MA; Motta, A1
Bertrand, C; Emanueli, C; Folkerts, G; Geppetti, P; Manzoli, N; Nijkamp, FP; Ricci, F; Ricciardolo, F; Vergnani, L1
Chen, LE; Frankel, ES; Joneschild, ES; Seaber, AV; Urbaniak, JR1
Azadzoi, KM; Goldstein, I; Krane, RJ; Saenz de Tejada, I; Siroky, MB1
Ally, A; Freda, BJ; Gaitonde, RS; Lillaney, R1
Bories, PN; Gadano, AC; Heller, J; Lebrec, D; Moreau, R; Sogni, P1
Aubier, M; Boczkowski, J; Boveris, A; Carreras, MC; Lanone, S; Lisdero, CL; Poderoso, JJ; Samb, A1
Ashina, M; Bendtsen, L; Jensen, R; Lassen, LH; Olesen, J; Sakai, F1
Landis, ME; Miller, VM; Ray, EC1
Brophy, CM; Knoepp, L; Pollock, JS; Xin, J1
Hori, M; Karaki, H; Kita, M; Ohota, S; Ozaki, H; Torihashi, S1
Franchi, AM; Gimeno, MF; Herrero, MB; Ortiz, ME; Perez Martinez, S; Viggiano, M; Villalón, M1
Bensard, DD; Fullerton, DA; Gamboni-Robertson, F; McIntyre, RC; Pulido, EJ; Selzman, CH; Shames, BD; Sheridan, BC1
Russell, RJ1
Borda, E; Busch, L; Wald, M1
Miller, CE; Nankervis, CA; Schauer, GM1
Delagrange, P; O'Rourke, ST; Scalbert, E; Vanhoutte, PM; Yang, Q1
Aubier, M; Benessiano, J; Boczkowski, J; Danialou, G; Lanone, S; Sambe, A; Ungureanu-Longrois, D1
Fujii, N; Goodyear, LJ; Higaki, Y; Hirshman, MF1
Bossone, C; Hosseini, JM; Piñeiro-Carrero, V; Shea-Donohue, T1
Ally, A; Amer, A; Maher, TJ; Nauli, SM; Pearce, WJ1
Andries, LJ; Brutsaert, DL; De Keulenaer, GW; Frelin, C; Lanone, S; Longrois, D; Mebazaa, A; Paqueron, X; Payen, D; Ratajczak, P; Sys, SU1
Inadome, A; Miyamoto, Y; Murakami, S; Seshita, H; Takahashi, W; Ueda, S; Yono, M; Yoshida, M1
Abacioğlu, N; Cakici, I; Kanzik, I; Ozmen, R; Tunçtan, B1
Barrière, E; Lebrec, D; Moreau, R; Poirel, O; Tazi, KA1
Harada, T; Hirayama, T; Kawabe, J; Morita, K; Ogawa, Y; Onodera, S; Takeda, A; Tobise, K1
Day, RW; Ignarro, LJ; Klitzner, TS; Lai, WW1
Garland, CJ; Rand, VE1
Cocks, T; Crack, P1
Kato, R; Nakaki, T; Nakayama, M; Otsuka, Y1
Barnes, PJ; Haworth, SG; Hislop, AA; Liu, SF1
Moncada, S; Palmer, RM; Vallance, P1
Beckmann, R; Goessl, C; Knispel, HH1
Gonzales, J; Lawson, DL; Mehta, JL; Nichols, WW; Nicolini, FA1
Hori, M; Karaki, H; Sudjarwo, SA1
Kajimoto, N; Mizusawa, H; Omote, M1
Casado, MA; Fernández-Alfonso, MS; González, R; Marín, J; Pareja, A; Ponte, A; Rodríguez-Mañas, L; Sánchez-Ferrer, CF1
Brink, C; Gorenne, I; Labat, C; Norel, X; Ortiz, JL; Verley, J1
Gray, DW; Marshall, I1
Katayose, D; Ogata, M; Ohe, M; Takishima, T1
Lawson, DL; Mehta, JL; Nichols, WW; Yang, BC1
De Kimpe, SJ; Nijkamp, FP; Van Heuven-Nolsen, D1
Bosnjak, ZJ; Buljubasic, N; Flynn, N; Kampine, JP1
Boeckxstaens, GE; Bogers, JJ; Bult, H; De Man, JG; Herman, AG; Oosterbosch, L; Pelckmans, PA; Van Maercke, YM1
Miller, VM1
Gustafsson, LE; Moncada, S; Persson, MG; Wiklund, CU; Wiklund, NP1
Berkenboom, G; Fang, ZY; Fontaine, J; Goldman, M; Unger, P1
Andersson, KE; Forman, A; Garcia Pascual, A; Persson, K; Tøttrup, A1
Chapelain, B; Jean, T; Néliat, G; Robert, R1
Barnes, PJ; Crawley, DE; Evans, TW; Liu, SF2
Auguet, M; Braquet, P; Chabrier, PE; Delaflotte, S; Etiemble, E; Guillon, JM1
Moncada, S; Palmer, RM; Rees, DD; Schulz, R1
Fukuda, N; Hatano, M; Izumi, Y; Sakuma, I; Soma, M; Watanabe, M; Watanabe, Y; Yasuda, H1
Lin, PJ; Pearson, PJ; Schaff, HV1
Fleming, I; Gray, GA; Julou-Schaeffer, G; Parratt, JR; Stoclet, JC1
Okamura, T; Toda, N1

Trials

5 trial(s) available for omega-n-methylarginine and Muscle Contraction

ArticleYear
Contracting human skeletal muscle maintains the ability to blunt α1 -adrenergic vasoconstriction during KIR channel and Na(+) /K(+) -ATPase inhibition.
    The Journal of physiology, 2015, Jun-15, Volume: 593, Issue:12

    Topics: Adenosine; Adult; Barium Compounds; Brachial Artery; Chlorides; Exercise; Female; Forearm; Hand Strength; Humans; Ketorolac; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; omega-N-Methylarginine; Ouabain; Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; Propranolol; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1; Regional Blood Flow; Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; Vasoconstriction; Young Adult

2015
Nitric oxide regulation of migrating motor complex: randomized trial of N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine effects in relation to muscarinic and serotonergic receptor blockade.
    Acta physiologica (Oxford, England), 2015, Volume: 215, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Atropine; Female; Gastrointestinal Motility; Humans; Male; Muscarinic Antagonists; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Myoelectric Complex, Migrating; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Receptors, Muscarinic; Serotonergic Neurons; Serotonin Receptor Agonists; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult

2015
Blunted sympathetic vasoconstriction in contracting skeletal muscle of healthy humans: is nitric oxide obligatory?
    The Journal of physiology, 2003, Nov-15, Volume: 553, Issue:Pt 1

    Topics: Adenosine; Adult; Enzyme Inhibitors; Forearm; Hand Strength; Humans; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Regional Blood Flow; Sympathetic Nervous System; Tyramine; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilator Agents

2003
Effects of short-term forearm exercise training on resistance vessel endothelial function in normal subjects and patients with heart failure.
    Journal of cardiac failure, 1998, Volume: 4, Issue:3

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis of Variance; Arginine; Brachial Artery; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Exercise; Exercise Therapy; Female; Forearm; Hand Strength; Heart Failure; Humans; Infusions, Intra-Arterial; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Plethysmography; Regional Blood Flow; Vascular Resistance; Vasodilation; Vasodilator Agents

1998
Possible mechanisms of action of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors in chronic tension-type headache.
    Brain : a journal of neurology, 1999, Volume: 122 ( Pt 9)

    Topics: Adult; Chronic Disease; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Humans; Infusions, Intravenous; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pain Measurement; Pain Threshold; Placebos; Pressure; Tension-Type Headache

1999

Other Studies

167 other study(ies) available for omega-n-methylarginine and Muscle Contraction

ArticleYear
Effects of medullary administration of a nitric oxide precursor on cardiovascular responses and neurotransmission during static exercise following ischemic stroke.
    Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 2013, Volume: 91, Issue:7

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Cardiovascular System; Female; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; Glutamic Acid; Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery; Microdialysis; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Physical Conditioning, Animal; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Reperfusion; Stroke; Synaptic Transmission

2013
Passive leg movement and nitric oxide-mediated vascular function: the impact of age.
    American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2015, Mar-15, Volume: 308, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Arterial Pressure; Blood Flow Velocity; Enzyme Inhibitors; Femoral Artery; Heart Rate; Humans; Infusions, Intra-Arterial; Lower Extremity; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Regional Blood Flow; Stroke Volume; Ultrasonography; Vasodilation; Young Adult

2015
Glucose uptake during contraction in isolated skeletal muscles from neuronal nitric oxide synthase μ knockout mice.
    Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2015, May-01, Volume: 118, Issue:9

    Topics: AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; Animals; Arginine; Biological Transport; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Glucose; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Knockout; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I; omega-N-Methylarginine; Physical Conditioning, Animal

2015
N-acetylcysteine-induced vasodilation involves voltage-gated potassium channels in rat aorta.
    Life sciences, 2009, May-22, Volume: 84, Issue:21-22

    Topics: Acetylcysteine; Animals; Calcium; Cyclic AMP; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; Guanylate Cyclase; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxadiazoles; Phenylephrine; Potassium Channel Blockers; Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; Protein Kinase C; Quinoxalines; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Reactive Oxygen Species; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Vasodilation

2009
NOS inhibition blunts and delays the compensatory dilation in hypoperfused contracting human muscles.
    Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2009, Volume: 107, Issue:6

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Adult; Blood Flow Velocity; Blood Pressure; Brachial Artery; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Forearm; Heart Rate; Humans; Male; Motor Activity; Muscarinic Agonists; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Regional Blood Flow; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Vasodilation

2009
The temporal effect of a wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)-enriched diet on vasomotor tone in the Sprague-Dawley rat.
    Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD, 2012, Volume: 22, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Aorta; Blueberry Plants; Diet; Endothelium; Fruit; Male; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; Nonlinear Dynamics; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Vasoconstriction

2012
Downstream mechanisms of nitric oxide-mediated skeletal muscle glucose uptake during contraction.
    American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2010, Volume: 299, Issue:6

    Topics: AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Blotting, Western; Cyclic GMP; Electric Stimulation; Enzyme Inhibitors; Glucose; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phosphorylation; Reactive Oxygen Species; Signal Transduction

2010
Effect of nitric oxide on the contractile function of rat reperfused skeletal muscle.
    The Journal of surgical research, 2002, Volume: 106, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Disease Models, Animal; Enzyme Inhibitors; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Donors; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Inbred Lew; Reperfusion Injury; S-Nitrosoglutathione

2002
Normalization of aortic function during arousal episodes in the hibernating ground squirrel.
    Life sciences, 2002, Mar-15, Volume: 70, Issue:17

    Topics: Animals; Aorta; Aorta, Abdominal; Arousal; Arteries; Body Temperature; Enzyme Inhibitors; Hibernation; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; omega-N-Methylarginine; Sciuridae

2002
Adrenergic and cholinergic activity contributes to the cardiovascular effects of lionfish (Pterois volitans) venom.
    Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology, 2002, Volume: 40, Issue:6

    Topics: Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; Animals; Antivenins; Atrial Function; Atropine; Cardiovascular System; Coronary Vessels; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Interactions; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fish Venoms; Fishes; Heart Atria; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscarinic Antagonists; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Prazosin; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Swine

2002
Cyclic stretch induces vascular smooth muscle cell alignment via NO signaling.
    American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2002, Volume: 283, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Antibodies; Aorta; Calcium Channel Blockers; Calcium Channels; Cell Division; Cell Survival; Cells, Cultured; Cytokines; Enzyme Inhibitors; In Vitro Techniques; Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; Muscle Cells; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Signal Transduction; Stress, Mechanical

2002
Nitric oxide synthase/guanylate cyclase pathway modulates the rat vas deferens contractility induced by phenylephrine.
    Pharmacology & toxicology, 2002, Volume: 91, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Interactions; Enzyme Inhibitors; Guanylate Cyclase; Male; Muscle Contraction; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Vas Deferens

2002
Release of nitric oxide in the central nervous system mediates tonic and phasic contraction of the cat lower oesophageal sphincter.
    Neurogastroenterology and motility, 2003, Volume: 15, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Cats; Central Nervous System; Deglutition; Enzyme Inhibitors; Esophagogastric Junction; Female; Injections, Intraventricular; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Peristalsis; Physical Stimulation; Stereoisomerism

2003
Impairment of fetal endothelium-dependent relaxation in a rat model of preeclampsia by chronic nitric oxide synthase inhibition.
    Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, 2004, Volume: 11, Issue:2

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Dinoprost; Disease Models, Animal; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Fetus; Muscle Contraction; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Potassium Chloride; Pre-Eclampsia; Pregnancy; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Vasodilation

2004
[Role of nitric oxide and mitochondrial permeability pore in changes of oxygen consumption in the working skeletal muscle].
    Fiziolohichnyi zhurnal (Kiev, Ukraine : 1994), 2004, Volume: 50, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Arsenicals; Dogs; Electric Stimulation; Ion Channels; Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxygen Consumption; Regional Blood Flow

2004
Accumulated endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitors in inhibiting urethral relaxation following estrogen supplementation in ovariectomized rabbits.
    The Journal of urology, 2004, Volume: 172, Issue:1

    Topics: Amidohydrolases; Animals; Body Weight; Cyclic GMP; Delayed-Action Preparations; Electric Stimulation; Estradiol; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Organ Size; Ovariectomy; Rabbits; Radioimmunoassay; Subcutaneous Tissue; Urethra

2004
Involvement of increased arginase activity in impaired cavernous relaxation with aging in the rabbit.
    The Journal of urology, 2004, Volume: 172, Issue:1

    Topics: Aging; Animals; Arginase; Arginine; Carbachol; Cholinergic Agonists; Endothelium, Vascular; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Penis; Rabbits

2004
5'-aminoimidazole-4-carboxyamide-ribonucleoside-activated glucose transport is not prevented by nitric oxide synthase inhibition in rat isolated skeletal muscle.
    Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology, 2004, Volume: 31, Issue:7

    Topics: 3-O-Methylglucose; Aminoimidazole Carboxamide; Animals; Biological Transport, Active; Enzyme Inhibitors; Glucose; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Ribonucleotides

2004
Hypoxia-induced dysfunction of rat diaphragm: role of peroxynitrite.
    American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 2005, Volume: 288, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Azoles; Diaphragm; Enzyme Inhibitors; Hypoxia; In Vitro Techniques; Isoindoles; Lipid Peroxidation; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fatigue; omega-N-Methylarginine; Organoselenium Compounds; Peroxynitrous Acid; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Tyrosine

2005
[Induced contractile activity of smooth muscles of the large intestine in rats after NO-syntase inhibition].
    Fiziolohichnyi zhurnal (Kiev, Ukraine : 1994), 2004, Volume: 50, Issue:4

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Colon, Sigmoid; Enzyme Inhibitors; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Wistar

2004
[Effect of nitric oxide on the efficiency of oxygen consumption by the working skeletal muscle in fatigue].
    Fiziolohichnyi zhurnal (Kiev, Ukraine : 1994), 2005, Volume: 51, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Dogs; Electric Stimulation; Ion Channels; Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fatigue; Muscle, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Donors; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxygen Consumption; Regional Blood Flow

2005
Hypoxia-induced skeletal muscle fiber dysfunction: role for reactive nitrogen species.
    American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 2006, Volume: 290, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Enzyme Inhibitors; Hyperoxia; Hypoxia; In Vitro Techniques; Kinetics; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxygen; Partial Pressure; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Reactive Oxygen Species; Tyrosine

2006
Removal of tonic nitrergic inhibition is a potent stimulus for human proximal colonic propagating sequences.
    Neurogastroenterology and motility, 2006, Volume: 18, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Blood Pressure; Colon; Defecation; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Heart Rate; Humans; Ileum; Male; Manometry; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine

2006
Cyclo-oxygenase inhibition restores the attenuated vasodilation in manganese-deficient rat aorta.
    The Journal of nutrition, 2006, Volume: 136, Issue:9

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Aorta; Arginine; Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; Diet; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Male; Manganese; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide Donors; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Vasodilation

2006
IL-1beta-induced transcriptional up-regulation of bradykinin B1 and B2 receptors in murine airways.
    American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 2007, Volume: 36, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Asthma; Bradykinin; Bronchial Hyperreactivity; Enzyme Inhibitors; Gene Expression Regulation; Humans; Infliximab; Interleukin-1beta; JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; omega-N-Methylarginine; Receptor, Bradykinin B1; Receptor, Bradykinin B2; Signal Transduction; Trachea; Transcription, Genetic; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

2007
Disruption of methylarginine metabolism impairs vascular homeostasis.
    Nature medicine, 2007, Volume: 13, Issue:2

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Amidohydrolases; Animals; Arginine; Blood Pressure; Blood Vessels; Blotting, Northern; Blotting, Western; Calcimycin; Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Crystallography; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Echocardiography; Endothelium; Gene Deletion; Homeostasis; Humans; Mice; Models, Molecular; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Signal Transduction; Vascular Resistance

2007
Real-time measurement of nitric oxide in single mature mouse skeletal muscle fibres during contractions.
    The Journal of physiology, 2007, May-15, Volume: 581, Issue:Pt 1

    Topics: 1,2-Dihydroxybenzene-3,5-Disulfonic Acid Disodium Salt; Animals; Cells, Cultured; Electric Stimulation; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Fluoresceins; Indicators and Reagents; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Muscle, Skeletal; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine

2007
Inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase enhance rat ileum contractions induced by ricinoleic acid in vitro.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1993, Oct-12, Volume: 243, Issue:1

    Topics: Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Animals; Arginine; Drug Synergism; Ileum; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Ricinoleic Acids; Tetrodotoxin

1993
Receptor mechanism of thrombin-induced endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent coronary vascular effects in dogs.
    Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 1993, Volume: 22, Issue:4

    Topics: Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones; Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Arginine; Arteries; Coronary Vessels; Dogs; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelium, Vascular; Hemoglobins; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Molecular Sequence Data; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Peptide Fragments; Receptors, Thrombin; Thrombin

1993
Selective inhibition of basal but not agonist-stimulated activity of nitric oxide in rat aorta by NG-monomethyl-L-arginine.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1993, Volume: 110, Issue:3

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Animals; Aorta; Arginine; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Sensitivity and Specificity; Stimulation, Chemical

1993
Aminoguanidine selectively inhibits inducible nitric oxide synthase.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1993, Volume: 110, Issue:3

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Animals; Arginine; Cimetidine; Endothelium, Vascular; Endotoxins; Enzyme Induction; Guanidines; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Pulmonary Artery; Pyrilamine; Rats; Rats, Wistar

1993
Induction of nitric oxide synthase in human mammary arteries in vitro.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1994, Jan-14, Volume: 251, Issue:2-3

    Topics: Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Arginine; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Induction; Glucocorticoids; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Mammary Arteries; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine

1994
Platelets increase the tone of quiescent rat aortic rings by release of serotonin and potentiate the subsequent contractile response to norepinephrine.
    Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 1994, Volume: 23, Issue:3

    Topics: Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Apyrase; Arginine; Blood Platelets; Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic; Endothelium, Vascular; Ergolines; Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; Hydrazines; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Tonus; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Platelet Aggregation; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Serotonin; Serotonin Antagonists; Thromboxane A2

1994
Vasoconstrictor responses after neo-intima formation and endothelial removal in the rabbit carotid artery.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1994, Volume: 112, Issue:2

    Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Angiotensin I; Angiotensin II; Animals; Arginine; Carotid Arteries; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Neovascularization, Pathologic; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Potassium Chloride; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Rabbits; Serotonin; Thromboxane A2; Vasoconstriction; Vasoconstrictor Agents

1994
Evidence that histamine is involved as a mediator of endothelium-dependent contraction induced by A23187 in bovine intrapulmonary vein.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1994, May-23, Volume: 257, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Atropine; Calcimycin; Cattle; Cromolyn Sodium; Endothelins; Endothelium, Vascular; Hemoglobins; Histamine; Histamine H1 Antagonists; Histamine Release; In Vitro Techniques; Iproniazid; Methylene Blue; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; p-Methoxy-N-methylphenethylamine; Pulmonary Veins; Thioxanthenes; Xanthones

1994
Nitric oxide formation is involved in vagal inhibition of the stomach of the trout (Salmo gairdneri).
    Journal of the autonomic nervous system, 1994, Dec-15, Volume: 50, Issue:2

    Topics: Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Animals; Arginine; Atropine; Electric Stimulation; Female; Gastric Mucosa; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroglycerin; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Stomach; Vagus Nerve

1994
In vivo treatment with endotoxin induces nitric oxide synthase in rat main pulmonary artery.
    The American journal of physiology, 1995, Volume: 268, Issue:3 Pt 1

    Topics: Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Animals; Arginine; Base Sequence; Cyclic GMP; Dexamethasone; Endothelium, Vascular; Guanidines; Lipopolysaccharides; Male; Molecular Sequence Data; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Phosphatidylethanolamines; Potassium Chloride; Pulmonary Artery; Rats; Rats, Wistar; RNA, Messenger

1995
Endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation caused by various plant extracts.
    Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 1995, Volume: 26, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Aorta; Arginine; Cyclic GMP; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fruit; In Vitro Techniques; Magnoliopsida; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nuts; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Plant Extracts; Radioimmunoassay; Rats; Spices; Tea; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Vegetables

1995
Characterization of the effects of two new arginine/citrulline analogues on constitutive and inducible nitric oxide synthases in rat aorta.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1995, Volume: 115, Issue:3

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Adenosine Diphosphate; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Calcimycin; Citrulline; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Induction; Enzyme Inhibitors; Ionophores; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Thiourea; Vasoconstrictor Agents

1995
Role of nitric oxide in regulation of vascular resistance in postnatal intestine.
    The American journal of physiology, 1995, Volume: 268, Issue:6 Pt 1

    Topics: Aging; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Arginine; Blood Pressure; Cyclic GMP; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Infusions, Intra-Arterial; Intestines; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxygen; Partial Pressure; Potassium Chloride; Regional Blood Flow; Swine; Vascular Resistance

1995
5-Hydroxytryptamine-induced NO-dependent relaxation in isolated strips of monkey popliteal lymph nodes.
    The American journal of physiology, 1995, Volume: 268, Issue:6 Pt 2

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Aspirin; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Ketanserin; Lymph Nodes; Macaca; Male; Methiothepin; Methylene Blue; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Serotonin; Serotonin Receptor Agonists

1995
L-NG-nitro arginine p-nitroanilide (L-NAPNA) is anti-nociceptive in the mouse.
    Neuroreport, 1993, Volume: 4, Issue:3

    Topics: Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Analgesics; Anilides; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Blood Pressure; Brain; Formaldehyde; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Mice; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pain; Rabbits; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

1993
Nerve mediated relaxation of the human internal anal sphincter: the role of nitric oxide.
    Gut, 1993, Volume: 34, Issue:5

    Topics: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Anal Canal; Arginine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Electric Stimulation; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle Contraction; Neurotransmitter Agents; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroarginine; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxyhemoglobins

1993
Evidence for induction of nonendothelial NO synthase in aortas of cholesterol-fed rabbits.
    Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 1993, Volume: 21, Issue:5

    Topics: Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Animals; Aorta; Arginine; Cholesterol, Dietary; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Induction; Male; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroarginine; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rabbits; Serotonin

1993
Tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibits contractions to sympathetic nerve stimulation by a nitric oxide-dependent mechanism.
    Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N.Y.), 1993, Volume: 203, Issue:4

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Adrenal Glands; Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Animals; Arginine; Cattle; Cells, Cultured; Chromaffin System; Electric Stimulation; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pulmonary Artery; Sympathetic Nervous System; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

1993
Interactions of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors and dexamethasone with alpha-adrenoceptor-mediated responses in rat aorta.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1993, Volume: 109, Issue:2

    Topics: Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Dexamethasone; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha

1993
Modulation of neuroeffector transmission by endogenous nitric oxide: a role for acetylcholine receptor-activated nitric oxide formation, as indicated by measurements of nitric oxide/nitrite release.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1993, Aug-24, Volume: 240, Issue:2-3

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Animals; Arginine; Atropine; Electric Stimulation; Female; Guinea Pigs; Ileum; Iris; Luminescent Measurements; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitrites; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rabbits; Receptors, Cholinergic; Substance P; Synaptic Transmission

1993
Effects of portal hypertension on responsiveness of rat mesenteric artery and aorta.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1995, Volume: 114, Issue:4

    Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Animals; Aorta; Arginine; Blood Pressure; Decerebrate State; Endothelium, Vascular; Hypertension, Portal; Male; Mesenteric Arteries; Microspheres; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Portal Vein; Potassium Chloride; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Thromboxane A2; Vasoconstrictor Agents

1995
Endothelium-dependent, nitric oxide-mediated inhibition of angiotensin II-induced contractions in rabbit aorta.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1994, Sep-12, Volume: 262, Issue:3

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Angiotensin II; Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists; Animals; Aorta; Arginine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelium, Vascular; Imidazoles; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pyridines; Rabbits

1994
The action of amyl nitrite and isosorbide dinitrate on the contractility of sphincter of Oddi of guinea-pigs.
    General pharmacology, 1994, Volume: 25, Issue:5

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Amyl Nitrite; Animals; Arginine; Female; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Isosorbide Dinitrate; Male; Methylene Blue; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Potassium Chloride; Sphincter of Oddi

1994
Role of the endothelium in regulation of vascular functions in two teleosts.
    Acta physiologica Scandinavica, 1994, Volume: 152, Issue:2

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Aorta; Arginine; Endothelins; Endothelium, Vascular; Epinephrine; Fishes; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Potassium; Salmon; Species Specificity; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilation

1994
Sex differences in nitric oxide-mediated attenuation of vascular reactivity to vasopressin are abolished by gonadectomy.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1994, Jul-11, Volume: 259, Issue:3

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Orchiectomy; Ovariectomy; Phenylephrine; Potassium Chloride; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Sex Characteristics; Vasopressins

1994
Endothelin receptors mediating functional responses in human small arteries and veins.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1994, Volume: 111, Issue:2

    Topics: Arginine; Arteries; Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; Endothelins; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Peptide Fragments; Peptides, Cyclic; Prostaglandin Antagonists; Receptors, Endothelin; Vasodilator Agents; Veins; Viper Venoms

1994
Nitric oxide pathway-mediated relaxant effect of bradykinin in the guinea-pig isolated trachea.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1994, Volume: 111, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Bradykinin; Dinoprostone; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Synergism; Female; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Male; Methylene Blue; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Trachea

1994
Modulation of lymphatic spontaneous contractions by EDRF.
    The Journal of surgical research, 1994, Volume: 56, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Dinoprost; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Lymphatic System; Male; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Swine

1994
Reduced endothelium-dependent vasodilation by acetylcholine and bradykinin in isolated nitroglycerin-tolerant blood vessels.
    General pharmacology, 1994, Volume: 25, Issue:1

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Bradykinin; Drug Tolerance; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Kinetics; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitroglycerin; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pulmonary Artery; Swine; Vasodilation; Vasodilator Agents

1994
Light-activated release of nitric oxide from vascular smooth muscle of normotensive and hypertensive rats.
    Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 1994, Apr-15, Volume: 200, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Aorta; Arginine; Hypertension; In Vitro Techniques; Kinetics; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Rats; Rats, Inbred SHR; Rats, Inbred WKY; Reference Values; Systole; Time Factors; Ultraviolet Rays

1994
Gou-teng (from Uncaria rhynchophylla Miquel)-induced endothelium-dependent and -independent relaxations in the isolated rat aorta.
    Life sciences, 1994, Volume: 54, Issue:26

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Atropine; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Inbred SHR; Rats, Inbred WKY

1994
The role of nitric oxide in cholinergic neurotransmission in rat trachea.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1993, Volume: 110, Issue:2

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Bucladesine; Electric Stimulation; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Methylene Blue; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Neuropeptides; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Parasympathetic Nervous System; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Synaptic Transmission; Trachea; Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide

1993
Involvement of alpha-adrenoceptors in the endothelium-dependent depression of noradrenaline-induced contraction in rat aorta.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1993, Aug-24, Volume: 240, Issue:2-3

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Clonidine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Rats; Rats, Inbred WKY; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; Yohimbine

1993
Characterization of endothelin receptors and localization of 125I-endothelin-1 binding sites in human umbilical artery.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1993, Nov-16, Volume: 249, Issue:3

    Topics: Arginine; Binding Sites; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; Endothelins; Endothelium, Vascular; Humans; Iodine Radioisotopes; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nicardipine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Peptides, Cyclic; Receptors, Endothelin; Umbilical Arteries; Vasoconstriction; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Verapamil; Viper Venoms

1993
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibits endothelium-dependent relaxation.
    Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 1993, Volume: 74, Issue:5

    Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Cattle; Endothelium, Vascular; Histamine; Ibuprofen; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pentoxifylline; Potassium Chloride; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Pulmonary Artery; Pulmonary Veins; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; Vasoconstrictor Agents

1993
Modulation of cholinergic neural bronchoconstriction by endogenous nitric oxide and vasoactive intestinal peptide in human airways in vitro.
    The Journal of clinical investigation, 1993, Volume: 92, Issue:2

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Adolescent; Adult; Arginine; Atropine; Bronchi; Child; Child, Preschool; Choline; Electric Stimulation; Female; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Isomerism; Lung; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Tetrodotoxin; Trachea; Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide

1993
Actions and interactions of NG-substituted analogues of L-arginine on NANC neurotransmission in the bovine retractor penis and rat anococcygeus muscles.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1993, Volume: 108, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Autonomic Nervous System; Cattle; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Penis; Rats; Synaptic Transmission

1993
Nitric oxide affects mammalian distal colonic smooth muscle by tonic neural inhibition.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1993, Volume: 108, Issue:4

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Colon; Cyclic GMP; In Vitro Techniques; Isometric Contraction; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Neural Inhibition; Neurons; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Radioimmunoassay; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Tetrodotoxin

1993
Pharmacological action of (-)-(2S,3aR,7aS)-1-[(S)-N-[(S)-1-carbonyl-3- phenylpropyl]alanyl]hexahydro-2-indolinecarboxylic acid (trandolaprilat) in isolated smooth muscle preparations.
    General pharmacology, 1993, Volume: 24, Issue:3

    Topics: Angiotensin I; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Bradykinin; Enalaprilat; Endothelium, Vascular; Guinea Pigs; Ileum; In Vitro Techniques; Indoles; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Wistar

1993
Nitric oxide-dependent and -independent neurogenic relaxation of isolated dog urethra.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1993, Feb-09, Volume: 231, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Autonomic Nervous System; Dogs; Electric Stimulation; Electrodes; Female; Histamine; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Urethra; Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide

1993
Endothelium-dependent contractions to oxygen-derived free radicals in the canine basilar artery.
    The American journal of physiology, 1993, Volume: 264, Issue:3 Pt 2

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Basilar Artery; Cattle; Dogs; Endothelium, Vascular; Free Radicals; Hydrogen Peroxide; Indomethacin; Meclofenamic Acid; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxygen; Prostaglandins; Superoxide Dismutase; Thromboxane B2; Xanthine; Xanthine Oxidase; Xanthines

1993
Endothelium-derived factors modulate contraction of bronchial smooth muscle.
    The American journal of physiology, 1993, Volume: 264, Issue:5 Pt 2

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Bronchi; Dogs; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pulmonary Artery

1993
Effect of diadenosine phosphates on human umbilical vessels: novel platelet-derived vasoconstrictors.
    British journal of clinical pharmacology, 1995, Volume: 40, Issue:2

    Topics: Arginine; Blood Platelets; Dinucleoside Phosphates; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Inhibitors; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Theophylline; Umbilical Arteries; Vasoconstrictor Agents

1995
Evidence that epithelium-derived relaxing factor released by bradykinin in the guinea pig trachea is nitric oxide.
    American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 1996, Volume: 153, Issue:3

    Topics: Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; Animals; Arginine; Bradykinin; Culture Techniques; Cyclic GMP; Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Inhibitors; Epithelium; Guinea Pigs; Indomethacin; Isomerism; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Trachea

1996
A nitric oxide-sensitive electrode: requirement of lower oxygen concentration for detecting nitric oxide from the tissue.
    Journal of pharmacological and toxicological methods, 1996, Volume: 35, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Carbachol; Electrodes; Guinea Pigs; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxygen; Partial Pressure; Penicillamine; S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine; Vasodilator Agents

1996
Endothelin-1 synthesis and receptor-mediated activity in porcine lymph vessels.
    The Journal of surgical research, 1996, Volume: 63, Issue:1

    Topics: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Arginine; Bronchi; Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; Endothelins; Endothelium, Lymphatic; Enzyme Inhibitors; Immunohistochemistry; In Vitro Techniques; Lymphatic System; Mediastinum; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Oligopeptides; omega-N-Methylarginine; Piperidines; Receptor, Endothelin A; Receptors, Endothelin; Swine; Trachea

1996
Shear-dependent release of venular nitric oxide: effect on arteriolar tone in rat striated muscle.
    The American journal of physiology, 1996, Volume: 271, Issue:2 Pt 2

    Topics: Animals; Arterioles; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Regional Blood Flow; Stress, Mechanical; Vasodilation; Vasomotor System; Venules

1996
Characterization of nitric oxide synthase activity in sheep urinary tract: functional implications.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1996, Volume: 118, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Electrochemistry; Female; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Sheep; Ureter; Urethra

1996
Differential effects of prolonged septicemia on isolated pulmonary arteries and veins from sheep.
    Shock (Augusta, Ga.), 1996, Volume: 5, Issue:6

    Topics: ADP Ribose Transferases; Animals; Bacterial Toxins; Cyclic GMP; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Exotoxins; Muscle Contraction; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas aeruginosa Exotoxin A; Pulmonary Artery; Pulmonary Veins; Sepsis; Sheep; Virulence Factors

1996
Functional evidence for NO-synthase activation by substance P through a mechanism not involving classical tachykinin receptors in guinea-pig ileum in vitro.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1996, Volume: 118, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Inhibitors; Guinea Pigs; Ileum; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Substance P

1996
Modulation by nitric oxide of spontaneous motility of the rat isolated duodenum: role of tachykinins.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1996, Volume: 118, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Drug Interactions; Duodenum; Enzyme Inhibitors; Gastrointestinal Motility; In Vitro Techniques; Isometric Contraction; Lipopolysaccharides; Male; Muscle Contraction; Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonists; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Receptors, Neurokinin-2; Tachykinins

1996
Induction of diaphragmatic nitric oxide synthase after endotoxin administration in rats: role on diaphragmatic contractile dysfunction.
    The Journal of clinical investigation, 1996, Oct-01, Volume: 98, Issue:7

    Topics: Abdominal Muscles; Animals; Cyclic GMP; Dexamethasone; Diaphragm; Endotoxins; Enzyme Induction; Heart Ventricles; Immunohistochemistry; Intercostal Muscles; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Myocardium; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Stereoisomerism; Tissue Distribution

1996
Is nitric oxide involved in 5-HT2B receptor-mediated contraction in the rat stomach fundus?
    Life sciences, 1995, Mar-17, Volume: 56, Issue:17

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Cyclic GMP; Gastric Fundus; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Receptors, Serotonin

1995
The effect of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine on bladder function.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1996, Sep-05, Volume: 311, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Cats; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Hypogastric Plexus; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Purinergic Antagonists; Sympathetic Nervous System; Urinary Bladder; Urination; Urodynamics

1996
Interaction between neurotransmitters and exogenous norepinephrine in isolated rat anococcygeus muscle.
    General pharmacology, 1996, Volume: 27, Issue:2

    Topics: Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; Animals; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Electric Stimulation; Enzyme Inhibitors; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

1996
Developmental changes in endothelium-dependent relaxation of pulmonary arteries: role of EDNO and prostanoids.
    Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 1996, Volume: 81, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Dogs; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Development; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Prostaglandin Antagonists; Prostaglandins; Pulmonary Artery; Sheep; Vasodilator Agents

1996
Bovine tracheal responsiveness in vitro: role of the epithelium and nitric oxide.
    The European respiratory journal, 1996, Volume: 9, Issue:11

    Topics: Animals; Cattle; Dinoprostone; Epithelium; Female; Histamine; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Penicillamine; S-Nitroso-N-Acetylpenicillamine; Trachea

1996
Effect of the hydroalcoholic extract of rauwolfia ligustrina on smooth and cardiac muscles in-vitro.
    The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology, 1996, Volume: 48, Issue:11

    Topics: Animals; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Guinea Pigs; Heart; Ileum; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Myocardial Contraction; omega-N-Methylarginine; Plants, Medicinal; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Secologanin Tryptamine Alkaloids; Stimulation, Chemical; Sympatholytics; Trachea; Uterus

1996
Investigations of the function of the vascular endothelium in portal hypertensive rats.
    Pharmacology, 1995, Volume: 51, Issue:6

    Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Acetylcholine; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Coloring Agents; Disease Models, Animal; Endothelium, Vascular; Hypertension, Portal; Male; Mesenteric Arteries; Methylene Blue; Microspheres; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Thromboxane A2; Vasoconstrictor Agents

1995
Mechanism of hydroxyl radical-induced modulation of vascular tone.
    Free radical biology & medicine, 1997, Volume: 22, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Aorta; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Glyburide; Hydroxyl Radical; Indomethacin; Mannitol; Methylene Blue; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rabbits

1997
Regulation of nitric oxide synthesis by dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1996, Volume: 119, Issue:8

    Topics: Amidohydrolases; Aminobutyrates; Animals; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Citrulline; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Guanidines; Humans; Hydrolases; Immunoblotting; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pregnancy; Rats; Rats, Inbred WKY; Umbilical Veins

1996
The effect of pelvic nerve stimulation on recto-anal motility in the cat.
    Journal of the autonomic nervous system, 1996, Dec-14, Volume: 61, Issue:3

    Topics: Adrenergic Antagonists; Anal Canal; Animals; Autonomic Nervous System; Cats; Electric Stimulation; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Male; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Peripheral Nerves; Rectum; Synaptic Transmission

1996
Characterization of the effects of histamine in porcine tracheobronchial lymph vessels.
    The American journal of physiology, 1996, Volume: 271, Issue:6 Pt 2

    Topics: Animals; Bronchi; Enzyme Inhibitors; Histamine; Histamine Agonists; Histamine Antagonists; In Vitro Techniques; Lymphatic System; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Swine; Trachea

1996
[The mechanism of stressor suppression of the contractile function and reactivity of aortic smooth muscle].
    Fiziologicheskii zhurnal imeni I.M. Sechenova, 1996, Volume: 82, Issue:7

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Potassium Chloride; Rats; Restraint, Physical; Stress, Psychological; Time Factors

1996
Nitric oxide-endothelin-1 interaction in humans.
    Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 1997, Volume: 82, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Blood Gas Analysis; Blood Glucose; Blood Pressure; Cardiac Output; Endothelin-1; Enzyme Inhibitors; Glucagon; Heart Rate; Humans; Injections, Intravenous; Insulin; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pulmonary Circulation; Renal Circulation; Respiration; Splanchnic Circulation; Vascular Resistance

1997
Mechanism of action of human calcitonin gene-related peptide in rabbit heart and in human mammary arteries.
    Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 1997, Volume: 29, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Animals; Blood Pressure; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; Calcium Channel Agonists; Coronary Vessels; Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Heart; Heart Rate; Humans; Male; Mammary Arteries; Middle Aged; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Myocardial Contraction; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rabbits; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Vasodilator Agents

1997
Nitric oxide regulatory role in sensitized guinea pig trachea.
    Life sciences, 1997, Volume: 60, Issue:24

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Enzyme Inhibitors; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Isomerism; Male; Muscle Contraction; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Ovalbumin; Serine Proteinase Inhibitors; Trachea

1997
Differential effects of low- and high-dose estrogen treatments on vascular responses in female rats.
    Life sciences, 1997, Volume: 60, Issue:25

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Aorta; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Interactions; Enzyme Inhibitors; Epoprostenol; Estradiol; Estradiol Congeners; Ethinyl Estradiol; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Ovariectomy; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Superoxide Dismutase; Vasodilator Agents

1997
Chronic inhibition of NO synthase enhances the production of prostacyclin in coronary arteries through upregulation of the cyclooxygenase type 1 isoform.
    Fundamental & clinical pharmacology, 1997, Volume: 11, Issue:3

    Topics: 6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; Animals; Bradykinin; Coronary Vessels; Cyclooxygenase 1; Dogs; Enzyme Induction; Enzyme Inhibitors; Epoprostenol; In Vitro Techniques; Indans; Indomethacin; Isoenzymes; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroarginine; Nitrobenzenes; omega-N-Methylarginine; Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; Sulfonamides; Up-Regulation

1997
Interleukin-1beta-induced, nitric oxide-dependent and -independent inhibition of vascular smooth muscle contraction.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1997, Jul-09, Volume: 330, Issue:2-3

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Cyclic GMP; Enzyme Inhibitors; In Vitro Techniques; Interleukin-1; Male; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Potassium Chloride; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Vasodilation; Vasodilator Agents

1997
Characteristics of contractile responses of aorta to norepinephrine in db/db mice.
    Research communications in molecular pathology and pharmacology, 1997, Volume: 96, Issue:3

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Aorta; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental; In Vitro Techniques; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Nitroprusside; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine

1997
Loss of acetylcholine-induced relaxation by M3-receptor activation in mesenteric arteries of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
    Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 1997, Volume: 30, Issue:2

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Calcimycin; Enzyme Inhibitors; Hypertension; Ionophores; Male; Mesenteric Arteries; Methylene Blue; Muscarinic Agonists; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Purinergic P1 Receptor Antagonists; Rats; Rats, Inbred SHR; Rats, Inbred WKY; Receptors, Muscarinic

1997
Nitric oxide synthase inhibitors and hypertension in children and adolescents.
    Journal of hypertension, 1997, Volume: 15, Issue:8

    Topics: Adolescent; Animals; Arginine; Child; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Glomerular Filtration Rate; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension, Renal; Hypertension, Renovascular; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Mice; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Renin; Vasoconstrictor Agents

1997
Adenosine receptor-mediated relaxation of rabbit airway smooth muscle: a role for nitric oxide.
    The American journal of physiology, 1997, Volume: 273, Issue:3 Pt 1

    Topics: 2-Chloroadenosine; Adenosine; Adenosine-5'-(N-ethylcarboxamide); Animals; Arginine; Bronchi; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Epithelium; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenethylamines; Potassium Chloride; Purinergic P1 Receptor Agonists; Rabbits; Receptors, Purinergic P1

1997
Adventitial gene transfer of recombinant endothelial nitric oxide synthase to rabbit carotid arteries alters vascular reactivity.
    Circulation, 1997, Oct-07, Volume: 96, Issue:7

    Topics: 1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine; Analysis of Variance; Animals; beta-Galactosidase; Calcimycin; Calcium; Carotid Arteries; Cattle; Cloning, Molecular; Cyclic GMP; Cytomegalovirus; Endothelium, Vascular; Gene Transfer Techniques; Genetic Vectors; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Rabbits; Recombinant Fusion Proteins

1997
Comparison of the effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibition and guanylate cyclase inhibition on vascular contraction in vitro and in vivo in the rat.
    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 1997, Volume: 356, Issue:4

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Aminoquinolines; Animals; Aorta; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Guanylate Cyclase; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Mesenteric Arteries; Methylene Blue; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Vasoconstriction

1997
Nitric oxide stimulates skeletal muscle glucose transport through a calcium/contraction- and phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase-independent pathway.
    Diabetes, 1997, Volume: 46, Issue:11

    Topics: 3-O-Methylglucose; Androstadienes; Animals; Calcium; Dantrolene; Dibutyryl Cyclic GMP; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Glucose; Indazoles; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Sulfonamides; Wortmannin

1997
Prostaglandins reduce the contractile responses to noradrenaline and angiotensin II in canine femoral arteries after but not before chronic inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis.
    Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 1997, Volume: 30, Issue:5

    Topics: Angiotensin II; Animals; Blood Pressure; Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; Dogs; Endothelium, Vascular; Femoral Artery; Heart Rate; Indomethacin; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroarginine; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine

1997
Modulatory role of endothelial calcium level in vascular tension of canine depolarized coronary arteries.
    The American journal of physiology, 1998, Volume: 274, Issue:2

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Calcium; Calcium Channel Blockers; Coronary Vessels; Diltiazem; Dogs; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Potassium Chloride

1998
Effects of adrenomedullin and calcitonin gene-related peptide on contractions of the rat aorta and porcine coronary artery.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1998, Volume: 123, Issue:8

    Topics: Adrenomedullin; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; Calcium; Coronary Vessels; Cyclic AMP; Enzyme Inhibitors; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Peptides; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Swine; Vasodilator Agents

1998
Endothelium-derived prostanoids reduce 5-hydroxytryptamine-induced contraction in the human uterine artery.
    Human reproduction (Oxford, England), 1998, Volume: 13, Issue:7

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Arteries; Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; Drug Synergism; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Humans; Indomethacin; Middle Aged; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Prostaglandins; Receptors, Serotonin; Serotonin; Serotonin Antagonists; Uterus

1998
Effects of red and white wine on endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation of rat aorta and human coronary arteries.
    The American journal of physiology, 1998, Volume: 275, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Aorta; Coronary Vessels; Cyclic GMP; Endothelium, Vascular; Humans; Hydrolyzable Tannins; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Quercetin; Rats; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilation; Wine

1998
Diaphragm sarcolemmal injury is induced by sepsis and alleviated by nitric oxide synthase inhibition.
    American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 1998, Volume: 158, Issue:5 Pt 1

    Topics: Animals; Blotting, Western; Cecal Diseases; Cell Membrane Permeability; Coloring Agents; Diaphragm; Disease Models, Animal; Endotoxins; Enzyme Inhibitors; Escherichia coli; Intestinal Perforation; Lipopolysaccharides; Male; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Fibers, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Peritonitis; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Sarcolemma; Sepsis

1998
Effects of acetylcholine and nitric oxide on forearm blood flow at rest and after a single muscle contraction.
    Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 1998, Volume: 85, Issue:6

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Adult; Atropine; Blood Flow Velocity; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Forearm; Humans; Male; Muscarinic Antagonists; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Vasodilation

1998
Relationship between mouse uterine contractility, nitric oxide and prostaglandin production in early pregnancy.
    Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty acids, 1998, Volume: 59, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Citrulline; Dinoprost; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Mice; Mice, Inbred Strains; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pregnancy; Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; Prostaglandins; Prostaglandins E; Uterus

1998
Characterization of the endothelin receptor subtype mediating epithelium-derived relaxant nitric oxide release from guinea-pig trachea.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1998, Volume: 125, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Endothelin-1; Enzyme Inhibitors; Epithelium; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Receptor, Endothelin B; Receptors, Endothelin; Trachea

1998
Effect of a NOS inhibitor, L-NMMA, on the contractile function of reperfused skeletal muscle.
    Journal of reconstructive microsurgery, 1999, Volume: 15, Issue:1

    Topics: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Culture Techniques; Disease Models, Animal; Enzyme Inhibitors; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Random Allocation; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Reperfusion Injury; Sensitivity and Specificity

1999
Relative roles of cyclooxygenase and nitric oxide synthase pathways in ischemia-induced increased contraction of cavernosal smooth muscle.
    The Journal of urology, 1999, Volume: 161, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Arteriosclerosis; Electric Stimulation; Enzyme Inhibitors; Hypercholesterolemia; Indomethacin; Ischemia; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Penis; Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; Rabbits; Regional Blood Flow

1999
Cardiovascular responses to muscle contraction following microdialysis of nitric oxide precursor into ventrolateral medulla.
    Brain research, 1999, May-15, Volume: 828, Issue:1-2

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Blood Pressure; Brain Chemistry; Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; Glutamic Acid; Heart Rate; Male; Medulla Oblongata; Microdialysis; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

1999
Vascular nitric oxide production during the development of two experimental models of portal hypertension.
    Journal of hepatology, 1999, Volume: 30, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Disease Models, Animal; Guanidines; Hypertension, Portal; In Vitro Techniques; Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitrates; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Portal Vein; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Sulfonamides; Thrombosis

1999
Endogenous peroxynitrite mediates mitochondrial dysfunction in rat diaphragm during endotoxemia.
    FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 1999, Volume: 13, Issue:12

    Topics: Animals; Diaphragm; Endotoxemia; Escherichia coli; Hydrogen Peroxide; Kinetics; Lipopolysaccharides; Male; Mitochondria, Muscle; Muscle Contraction; Nitrates; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxygen Consumption; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Superoxide Dismutase; Superoxides

1999
Effects of dietary L-arginine on the reactivity of canine coronary arteries.
    Vascular medicine (London, England), 1999, Volume: 4, Issue:4

    Topics: Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; Animals; Arginine; Brimonidine Tartrate; Calcimycin; Coronary Vessels; Dietary Supplements; Dinoprost; Dogs; Endothelium, Vascular; Ionophores; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Quinoxalines; Tetraethylammonium

1999
Functional expression of NOS 1 in vascular smooth muscle.
    American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2000, Volume: 278, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Calcium; Carotid Arteries; Cattle; Cyclic GMP; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Activation; Enzyme Inhibitors; Gene Expression; Heat-Shock Proteins; HSP20 Heat-Shock Proteins; Humans; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phosphoproteins; Phosphorylation; Renal Artery; Serotonin

2000
Resident macrophages activated by lipopolysaccharide suppress muscle tension and initiate inflammatory response in the gastrointestinal muscle layer.
    Histochemistry and cell biology, 2000, Volume: 113, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Carbachol; Cell Movement; Dextrans; Digestive System; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate; Guanidines; Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; Immunohistochemistry; Intestinal Mucosa; Lipopolysaccharides; Macrophage Activation; Macrophages; Male; Microscopy, Confocal; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Myositis; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Time Factors

2000
Effect of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors on ovum transport and oviductal smooth muscle activity in the rat oviduct.
    Journal of reproduction and fertility, 2000, Volume: 118, Issue:1

    Topics: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Cell Count; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fallopian Tubes; Female; Microspheres; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide Donors; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Ovum Transport; Pregnancy; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Spermine

2000
Differential inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in systemic and pulmonary vessels after endotoxin.
    American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 2000, Volume: 278, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Aorta; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Guanidines; Immunoblotting; Lipopolysaccharides; Male; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pulmonary Artery; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; Salmonella typhimurium; Tissue Distribution

2000
Use of arginine analogs as inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase in rat-aortic rings.
    Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 1998, Volume: 100

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Enzyme Inhibitors; Guanidines; In Vitro Techniques; Kinetics; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Ornithine; Phenylephrine; Rats; Rats, Wistar

1998
Influence of castration on the response of the rat vas deferens to fluoxetine.
    Pharmacological research, 2000, Volume: 42, Issue:4

    Topics: Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; Animals; Calcium; Castration; Cocaine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Inhibitors; Fluoxetine; Male; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Prazosin; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors; Testosterone; Vas Deferens

2000
Endothelin-mediated vasoconstriction in postischemic newborn intestine.
    American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, 2000, Volume: 279, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; Endothelin-1; Female; Hemodynamics; In Vitro Techniques; Intestine, Small; Ischemia; Male; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Oligopeptides; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxygen; Oxygen Consumption; Perfusion; Piperidines; Receptor, Endothelin A; Swine; Vasoconstriction; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Vasodilation; Viper Venoms

2000
Melatonin potentiates contractile responses to serotonin in isolated porcine coronary arteries.
    American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2001, Volume: 280, Issue:1

    Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Animals; Coronary Vessels; Drug Synergism; Enzyme Inhibitors; In Vitro Techniques; Isoproterenol; Melatonin; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Naphthalenes; Nitric Oxide Donors; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Receptors, Cell Surface; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; Receptors, Melatonin; Serotonin; Swine; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Vasodilator Agents

2001
Role of nitric oxide on diaphragmatic contractile failure in Escherichia coli endotoxemic rats.
    Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology, 1998, Volume: 119, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Dexamethasone; Diaphragm; Endotoxemia; Endotoxins; Enzyme Inhibitors; Escherichia coli Infections; Glucocorticoids; Male; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

1998
Nitric oxide increases glucose uptake through a mechanism that is distinct from the insulin and contraction pathways in rat skeletal muscle.
    Diabetes, 2001, Volume: 50, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Deoxyglucose; Enzyme Inhibitors; Glucose; In Vitro Techniques; Insulin; Male; Motor Activity; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Skeletal; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley

2001
Alterations in spontaneous contractions in vitro after repeated inflammation of rat distal colon.
    American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, 2001, Volume: 280, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Colitis; Colon; Disease Models, Animal; Gastrointestinal Motility; Guanidines; In Vitro Techniques; Inflammation; Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; NADPH Dehydrogenase; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Tetrodotoxin; Time Factors; Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid

2001
Effects of nitric oxide and GABA interaction within ventrolateral medulla on cardiovascular responses during static muscle contraction.
    Brain research, 2001, Dec-20, Volume: 922, Issue:2

    Topics: Afferent Pathways; Animals; Arginine; Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; Electric Stimulation; Enzyme Inhibitors; Extracellular Space; Female; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; Medulla Oblongata; Microdialysis; Muscle Contraction; Neural Conduction; Neural Inhibition; Neurons; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Physical Exertion; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Synaptic Transmission; Tibial Nerve

2001
Activation of cardiac endothelium as a compensatory component in endotoxin-induced cardiomyopathy: role of endothelin, prostaglandins, and nitric oxide.
    Circulation, 2001, Dec-18, Volume: 104, Issue:25

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Binding, Competitive; Cardiomyopathies; Cyclooxygenase 2; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelin-1; Endothelins; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Hemodynamics; Immunohistochemistry; Isoenzymes; Lipopolysaccharides; Male; Muscle Contraction; Myocardial Contraction; Myocardium; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; omega-N-Methylarginine; Papillary Muscles; Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; Prostaglandins; Rabbits; Receptor, Endothelin A; Receptors, Endothelin; Superoxide Dismutase; Time Factors

2001
The effect of nitric oxide on acetylcholine release in the rabbit bladder.
    European journal of pharmacology, 2001, Sep-28, Volume: 428, Issue:1

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Atropine; Electric Stimulation; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Microdialysis; Muscarinic Antagonists; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Potassium Chloride; Rabbits; Urinary Bladder; Vasodilator Agents

2001
Role of L-arginine/nitric oxide pathway in the antinociceptive activities of morphine and mepyramine in mice.
    Arzneimittel-Forschung, 2001, Volume: 51, Issue:12

    Topics: Abdomen; Analgesics, Opioid; Animals; Arginine; Benzoquinones; Drug Interactions; Enzyme Inhibitors; Histamine H1 Antagonists; Male; Mice; Morphine; Muscle Contraction; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pain Measurement; Pyrilamine; Signal Transduction

2001
Relationship between protein kinase C alterations and nitric oxide overproduction in cirrhotic rat aortas.
    Liver, 2002, Volume: 22, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Down-Regulation; Enzyme Inhibitors; In Vitro Techniques; Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary; Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Donors; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; omega-N-Methylarginine; Penicillamine; Protein Kinase C; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate

2002
Role of endothelium in hypoxia-induced contraction of isolated rat pulmonary artery.
    Japanese journal of pharmacology, 1992, Volume: 58 Suppl 2

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Cyclic GMP; Endothelium, Vascular; Hypoxia; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pulmonary Artery; Rats

1992
Oxygen-mediated regulation of neonatal and adult rabbit aortic tension.
    Developmental pharmacology and therapeutics, 1992, Volume: 19, Issue:2-3

    Topics: 1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; Aging; Animals; Aorta; Arginine; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Activation; In Vitro Techniques; Isoquinolines; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Development; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxygen; Piperazines; Potassium Chloride; Protein Kinase C; Rabbits

1992
Endothelium-dependent relaxation to acetylcholine in the rabbit basilar artery: importance of membrane hyperpolarization.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1992, Volume: 106, Issue:1

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Animals; Arginine; Atropine; Basilar Artery; Carbachol; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; Male; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rabbits; Receptors, Muscarinic

1992
Thimerosal blocks stimulated but not basal release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) in dog isolated coronary artery.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1992, Volume: 107, Issue:2

    Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Animals; Arachidonic Acid; Arginine; Arteries; Bradykinin; Calcimycin; Coronary Vessels; Dogs; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Substance P; Thimerosal; Vasoconstrictor Agents

1992
Endothelium-accelerated hyporesponsiveness of norepinephrine-elicited contraction of rat aorta in the presence of bacterial lipopolysaccharide.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1992, Aug-25, Volume: 219, Issue:2

    Topics: Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Animals; Aorta; Arginine; Argininosuccinic Acid; Dactinomycin; Endothelium, Vascular; Escherichia coli; In Vitro Techniques; Lipopolysaccharides; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Polymyxin B; Puromycin; Rabbits; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Vasoconstriction

1992
Developmental changes in endothelium-dependent pulmonary vasodilatation in pigs.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1992, Volume: 106, Issue:2

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Aging; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Arginine; Dinoprost; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Masoprocol; Microscopy, Electron; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pulmonary Artery; Swine; Vasodilation

1992
The role of induction of nitric oxide synthesis in the altered responses of jugular veins from endotoxaemic rabbits.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1992, Volume: 106, Issue:2

    Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Bacterial Toxins; Endotoxins; Enterotoxins; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Jugular Veins; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Rabbits; Salmonella typhi; Vasoconstrictor Agents

1992
Nitric oxide mediates neurogenic relaxation induced in rabbit cavernous smooth muscle by electric field stimulation.
    Urology, 1992, Volume: 40, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Electric Stimulation; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Penile Erection; Penis; Phenylephrine; Rabbits

1992
Variable effects of human and canine polymorphonuclear leucocytes on vascular smooth muscle tone.
    Cardiovascular research, 1992, Volume: 26, Issue:8

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Arteries; Chromones; Culture Techniques; Dogs; Endothelium; Humans; Indomethacin; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Neutrophils; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxyhemoglobins; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Species Specificity; SRS-A; Superoxide Dismutase

1992
Effect of endothelin-3 on cytosolic calcium level in vascular endothelium and on smooth muscle contraction.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1992, Dec-15, Volume: 229, Issue:2-3

    Topics: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Calcium; Cytosol; Endothelin Receptor Antagonists; Endothelins; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Molecular Sequence Data; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Peptide Fragments; Peptides, Cyclic; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Verapamil

1992
The role of endothelium in the phenylephrine-induced oscillatory responses of rabbit mesenteric arteries.
    Japanese journal of pharmacology, 1992, Volume: 59, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Autonomic Agents; Calcium; Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; Endothelium, Vascular; Histamine Antagonists; Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; Male; Mesenteric Arteries; Methylene Blue; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Rabbits

1992
Endothelial modulation of the ouabain-induced contraction in human placental vessels.
    Circulation research, 1992, Volume: 71, Issue:4

    Topics: 5,8,11,14-Eicosatetraynoic Acid; Adult; Arginine; Arteries; Biological Assay; Blood Vessels; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; Humans; Indomethacin; Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; Muscle Contraction; omega-N-Methylarginine; Ouabain; Oxyhemoglobins; Placenta; Pyrazoles; Sodium; Vasoconstriction; Veins

1992
Histamine receptors on human isolated pulmonary arterial muscle preparations: effects of endothelial cell removal and nitric oxide inhibitors.
    The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 1992, Volume: 260, Issue:2

    Topics: Arginine; Burimamide; Chlorpheniramine; Cimetidine; Dimaprit; Endothelium, Vascular; Histamine; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pulmonary Artery; Receptors, Histamine; Serotonin; Tetraethylammonium; Tetraethylammonium Compounds; Thiourea

1992
Nitric oxide synthesis inhibitors attenuate calcitonin gene-related peptide endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation in rat aorta.
    European journal of pharmacology, 1992, Feb-25, Volume: 212, Issue:1

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; Endothelium, Vascular; Ibuprofen; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains

1992
Modulatory role of EDRF in hypoxic contraction of isolated porcine pulmonary arteries.
    The American journal of physiology, 1992, Volume: 262, Issue:3 Pt 2

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelium, Vascular; Hypoxia; In Vitro Techniques; Methylene Blue; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxyhemoglobins; Phenylephrine; Pulmonary Artery; Swine

1992
Agonist-induced tension determines vascular reactivity during anoxia and reoxygenation.
    Life sciences, 1992, Volume: 50, Issue:23

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Endothelins; Endothelium, Vascular; Epinephrine; Hypoxia; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxygen; Potassium Chloride; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Reperfusion; Vasoconstrictor Agents

1992
Bovine polymorphonuclear leukocytes increase sensitivity to noradrenaline in isolated mesenteric arteries.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1992, Volume: 105, Issue:3

    Topics: 6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; Animals; Arachidonic Acid; Arginine; Cattle; Free Radical Scavengers; In Vitro Techniques; Luminescent Measurements; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Neutrophils; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Radioimmunoassay; Thromboxane B2

1992
Cerebral vascular responses to anesthetics.
    Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 1991, Volume: 301

    Topics: Anesthetics; Animals; Arginine; Calcium Channels; Cerebral Arteries; Cerebrovascular Circulation; Dogs; Female; Halothane; In Vitro Techniques; Isoflurane; Isometric Contraction; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Serotonin

1991
Release of nitric oxide upon stimulation of nonadrenergic noncholinergic nerves in the rat gastric fundus.
    The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 1991, Volume: 256, Issue:2

    Topics: Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Arginine; Atropine; Electric Stimulation; Female; Gastric Fundus; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Neurotransmitter Agents; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide

1991
Selective production of endothelium-derived nitric oxide in canine femoral veins.
    The American journal of physiology, 1991, Volume: 261, Issue:3 Pt 2

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Adenosine Diphosphate; Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; Animals; Arginine; Azepines; Calcimycin; Dogs; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; Femoral Artery; Femoral Vein; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Isomerism; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Thrombin

1991
Modulation of autonomic neuroeffector transmission by nitric oxide in guinea pig ileum.
    Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 1990, Nov-30, Volume: 173, Issue:1

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Choline; Electric Stimulation; Female; Guinea Pigs; Ileum; In Vitro Techniques; Isomerism; Kinetics; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth; Myenteric Plexus; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Substance P; Synaptic Transmission

1990
Prevention of cyclosporine A-induced vascular toxicity by pentoxifylline.
    Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 1991, Volume: 18, Issue:5

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Colforsin; Cyclosporine; Endothelium, Vascular; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Neuromuscular Depolarizing Agents; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pentoxifylline; Phenylephrine; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Vascular Diseases

1991
Electrically-induced, nerve-mediated relaxation of rabbit urethra involves nitric oxide.
    The Journal of urology, 1992, Volume: 147, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Arginine Vasopressin; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Electric Stimulation; Endothelins; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Methylene Blue; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rabbits; Urethra

1992
Interleukin-1 impairs both vascular contraction and relaxation in rabbit isolated aorta.
    Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 1992, Jan-31, Volume: 182, Issue:2

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; In Vitro Techniques; Interleukin-1; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rabbits; Recombinant Proteins

1992
Endothelium-dependent nonadrenergic, noncholinergic neural relaxation in guinea pig pulmonary artery.
    The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 1992, Volume: 260, Issue:2

    Topics: Acetamides; Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Arginine; Atropine; Autonomic Nervous System; Capsaicin; Chymotrypsin; Drug Interactions; Endothelium, Vascular; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenyl Ethers; Propranolol; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Pulmonary Artery; Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide

1992
Endothelium independent protective effect of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine on endotoxin-induced alterations of vascular reactivity.
    Life sciences, 1991, Volume: 48, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Endothelium, Vascular; Endotoxins; Male; Methylene Blue; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitrates; Nitric Acid; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains

1991
Development and mechanism of a specific supersensitivity to nitrovasodilators after inhibition of vascular nitric oxide synthesis in vivo.
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1991, Mar-15, Volume: 88, Issue:6

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Cyclic GMP; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Nitroglycerin; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Ornithine; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilation; Vasodilator Agents

1991
Effects of indomethacin, endothelium-denudation, methylene blue and L-NG-monomethyl arginine on the vasoactive effects of endothelin-3.
    Japanese journal of pharmacology, 1991, Volume: 55, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Cholic Acids; Endothelins; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Male; Mesenteric Arteries; Methylene Blue; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilation

1991
Endothelium-dependent contraction and relaxation of the human and canine internal mammary artery: studies on bypass graft vasospasm.
    Surgery, 1991, Volume: 110, Issue:2

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Dogs; Endothelins; Female; Humans; Hypoxia; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Mammary Arteries; Methacholine Chloride; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine

1991
Incubation with endotoxin activates the L-arginine pathway in vascular tissue.
    Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 1990, Sep-14, Volume: 171, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Cyclic GMP; Endotoxins; In Vitro Techniques; Kinetics; Lipopolysaccharides; Male; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Stereoisomerism

1990
Inhibitory role of endothelium-derived relaxing factor in rat and human pulmonary arteries.
    British journal of pharmacology, 1990, Volume: 101, Issue:1

    Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Potassium Chloride; Pulmonary Artery; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Species Specificity; Stereoisomerism; Vasoconstriction

1990
Modification by L-NG-monomethyl arginine (L-NMMA) of the response to nerve stimulation in isolated dog mesenteric and cerebral arteries.
    Japanese journal of pharmacology, 1990, Volume: 52, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Arginine; Blood Pressure; Cerebral Arteries; Dinoprost; Dogs; Electric Stimulation; In Vitro Techniques; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine

1990