omega-n-methylarginine has been researched along with Muscle Relaxation in 152 studies
*Muscle Relaxation: That phase of a muscle twitch during which a muscle returns to a resting position. [MeSH]
| Timeframe | Studies, this research(%) | All Research% |
|---|---|---|
| pre-1990 | 5 (3.29) | 18.7374 |
| 1990's | 128 (84.21) | 18.2507 |
| 2000's | 17 (11.18) | 29.6817 |
| 2010's | 2 (1.32) | 24.3611 |
| 2020's | 0 (0.00) | 2.80 |
| Authors | Studies |
|---|---|
| Alexander, KM; Cowart, M; Daanen, JF; Kerwin, JF; Kohlhaas, KL; Kowaluk, EA; Wagenaar, FL | 1 |
| Bek, T; Petersen, L | 1 |
| Chen, Y; Chitapanarux, T; Melton, AC; Soon, RK; Wu, J; Yee, HF | 1 |
| Kelicen, P; Miwa, I; Pekiner, C; Uma, S | 1 |
| Abete, P; Cipolletta, E; De Santis, D; Ferrara, N; Iaccarino, G; Leosco, D; Pisani, E; Rengo, F; Sorriento, D; Trimarco, B; Trimarco, V | 1 |
| Inci, K; Ismailoglu, UB; Sahin, A; Sahin-Erdemli, I; Sungur, A | 1 |
| Flitney, FW; Megson, IL | 1 |
| Beyak, MJ; Collman, PI; Diamant, NE; Valdez, DT; Xue, S | 1 |
| Azuma, H; Goto, M; Kihara, K; Masuda, H; Sakai, Y; Yano, M | 1 |
| Barrento, C; Lima, BS; Mota-Filipe, H; Pinto, R | 1 |
| Jun, CH; Lee, TS; Sohn, UD | 1 |
| Kikkawa, M | 1 |
| Desfontis, JC; Gauthier, C; Gautier, F; Gogny, M; Mallem, MY; Serpillon, S; Toumaniantz, G | 1 |
| Lluch, S; Martínez-León, JB; Mauricio, MD; Medina, P; Ortega, J; Segarra, G; Vila, JM | 1 |
| Chies, AB; Corrêa, FM; Evora, PR; Spadin, MD; Viaro, F; Vizioli, EO | 1 |
| Andrews, CN; Baxter, K; Bharucha, AE; Burton, D; Camilleri, M; Low, PA; Seide, B; Zinsmeister, AR | 1 |
| Harada, Y; Nagao, T; Ohara, F; Yamazaki, J | 1 |
| Grbović, L; Jovanović, A; Jovanović, S | 2 |
| Fujitani, Y; Karaki, H; Okada, T; Ueda, H; Urade, Y | 1 |
| Ku, DD; Zaleski, JK | 1 |
| Frew, JD; Martin, W; Paisley, K | 1 |
| Graves, JE; Poston, L; Woolfson, RG | 1 |
| Dokita, S; Nishimoto, T; Smith, SD; Weiss, RM; Wheeler, MA | 1 |
| MacAllister, RJ; Vallance, P; Whitley, GS | 1 |
| Cocks, TM; Kilpatrick, EV | 1 |
| Kobayashi, D; Okabe, E; Ozono, S; Todoki, K | 1 |
| Coffey, RG; Fitzpatrick, DF; Hirschfield, SL; Jantzen, P; Ricci, T | 1 |
| Griffith, OW; Joly, GA; Kilbourn, RG; Narayanan, K | 1 |
| Mizuno, R; Ohhashi, T | 1 |
| Butt, AY; Cremona, G; Dinh-Xuan, AT; Higenbottam, TW; Pepke-Zaba, J | 1 |
| Calignano, A; Mancuso, F; Persico, P; Sorrentino, L | 1 |
| Berti, F; Berti, M; Buschi, A; Della Bella, D; Rossoni, G; Tondo, C; Trento, F; Villa, LM | 1 |
| Cawley, T; Docherty, JR; Geraghty, J; Osborne, H | 1 |
| Pfaffendorf, M; Van Meel, JC; Van Zwieten, PA; Zhang, J | 1 |
| Currie, MG; Kasten, TP; Misko, TP; Nickols, GA; Riley, DP; Settle, SL; Weiss, RH | 1 |
| Cocks, TM; Stork, AP | 1 |
| Riezebos, J; Vallance, PJ; Watts, IS | 1 |
| Calixto, JB; Schlemper, V | 1 |
| Collins, P; Jiang, C | 1 |
| Grbović, L; Jovanović, A; Tulić, I | 1 |
| Fukazawa, M; Namiki, A | 1 |
| DeFilippi, VJ; Ferguson, MK | 1 |
| Battistini, B; Filep, JG; Sirois, P | 1 |
| Hashimoto, M; Ishida, Y; Masumura, S; Sakuma, I; Tanaka, Y | 1 |
| Demedts, MG; Pype, JL; Verleden, GM | 1 |
| Eyre, P; Weekley, LB | 1 |
| Aikawa, J; Akatsuka, N; Fukazawa, M; Hara, K; Ishikawa, M; Moroi, M; Namiki, A; Yamaguchi, T | 1 |
| Bohr, D; Kubaszewski, E; Malinski, T; McClain, S; Peters, A | 1 |
| Leblanc, PH; Robinson, NE; Wang, Z; Yu, M | 1 |
| Abdel-Rahman, AA; el-Mas, MM; Fahim, M; Mustafa, SJ | 1 |
| Chu, J; Kuramochi, T; Suga, T | 1 |
| Baker, CH; Price, JM; Sutton, ET; Zhou, Z | 1 |
| Birngruber, R; Chaudhry, H; Gregory, K; Kochevar, I; Lynch, M; Schomacker, K | 1 |
| Cai, B; Greenberg, S; Hyman, A; Kolls, J; Lippton, H; Nelson, S; Summer, WR; Wang, Y; Xie, J | 1 |
| Hori, M; Karaki, H; Okada, T; Sudjarwo, SA; Takai, M; Urade, Y | 1 |
| Gibson, IF; Gillespie, JS; Martin, W | 1 |
| Blankesteijn, WM; Thien, T | 1 |
| De Kimpe, SJ; Nijkamp, FP; Van Heuven-Nolsen, D | 1 |
| Chen, D; Herve, P; Mace, L; Nottin, R; Qi, X; Weiss, M | 1 |
| Asante, NK; Ku, DD; Winn, MJ | 1 |
| Hashimoto, S; Kigoshi, S; Muramatsu, I | 1 |
| Goodman, LW; Rubin, LJ; Tod, ML; Tseng, CM | 1 |
| Ganz, MB; Kasner, SE; Seftel, AD; Viola, KA | 1 |
| Freeman, BA; Griendling, KK; Harrison, DG; Kurz, S; Münzel, T; Rajagopalan, S; Tarpey, M | 1 |
| Emanueli, C; Figini, M; Folkerts, G; Geppetti, P; Javdan, P; Nijkamp, FP; Pradelles, P; Ricciardolo, FL | 1 |
| Costa, G; García-Pascual, A; Labadia, A; Persson, K; Triguero, D | 1 |
| Tanihata, S; Uchiyama, T | 1 |
| Haught, WH; Lawson, DL; Mehta, JL; Mehta, P | 1 |
| Gordon, JB; O'Donnell, DC; Tod, ML | 1 |
| Ciampoli, D; Johnson, PJ; Stebbing, MJ; Young, HM | 1 |
| Folkerts, G; Henricks, PA; Nijkamp, FP; Sadeghi-Hashjin, G; van der Linde, HJ; Verheyen, AK | 1 |
| Breslin, E; Cawley, T; Docherty, JR; Geraghty, J; Osborne, H | 1 |
| Mandal, AK; Saklayen, MG | 1 |
| Bharadwaj, LA; Prasad, K | 1 |
| Hodson, H; Kimoto, M; MacAllister, RJ; Ogawa, T; Parry, H; Russell, RJ; Vallance, P; Whitley, GS | 1 |
| Hamano, M; Mashiko, S; Onda, T; Tomita, I; Tomita, T | 1 |
| Bodelsson, M; Wallerstedt, SM | 1 |
| Azuma, H; Hamasaki, H; Isotani, E; Masuda, H; Obayashi, S; Sato, J; Tamaoki, S; Udagawa, T | 1 |
| Béa, ML; Berdeaux, A; Beverelli, F; Giudicelli, JF; Puybasset, L | 1 |
| Azuma, H; Masuda, H; Niwa, K; Sato, J; Tokoro, T | 1 |
| Kamata, K; Kojima, S | 1 |
| Chen, SJ; Wu, CC; Yen, MH | 1 |
| Barber, DA; Miller, VM | 1 |
| Benoist, A; Haefeli, WE; Joannides, R; Linder, L; Lüscher, TF; Richard, V; Thuillez, C | 1 |
| Cantabrana, B; Hidalgo, A; Menéndez Antolin, L; Pérez Vallina, JR; Sánchez, M | 1 |
| Cordellini, S; Vassilieff, VS | 1 |
| Nagao, T; Sato, K; Yamazaki, J | 1 |
| Akaike, T; Goto, S; Inadome, A; Maeda, H; Seshita, H; Takahashi, W; Ueda, S; Yono, M; Yoshida, M | 1 |
| Nowicki, PT | 1 |
| Böhm, M; Flesch, M; Schwarz, A | 1 |
| Hirayama, T; Kikuchi, K; Ogawa, Y; Tobise, K | 1 |
| Jia, Y; Martin, JG; Tolloczko, B; Zacour, M | 1 |
| Bertrand, C; Emanueli, C; Folkerts, G; Geppetti, P; Manzoli, N; Nijkamp, FP; Ricci, F; Ricciardolo, F; Vergnani, L | 1 |
| Amano, K; Hori, M; Karaki, H; Ozaki, H | 1 |
| Dankelman, J; Goto, M; Kajiya, F; Merkus, D; Spaan, JA; Vergroesen, I; Vink, H | 1 |
| Bordet, R; Dupuis, B; Pu, Q; Puisieux, F; Robin, E; Vallet, B | 1 |
| Ballard, HJ; Das, R; Kravtsov, GM; Kwan, CY | 1 |
| Folkerts, G; Hedenstierna, G; Hjoberg, J; Högman, M; Nijkamp, FP; van Gessel, SB | 1 |
| Clouse, WD; Hurt, RD; Miller, VM; Rud, KS | 1 |
| El-Mowafy, AM | 1 |
| Lewis, DA; Miller, VM | 1 |
| Barnes, PJ; Crawley, DE; Evans, TW; Liu, SF; Rohde, JA | 1 |
| Galligan, JJ; Osthaus, LE | 1 |
| Garland, CJ; Rand, VE | 1 |
| Cocks, T; Crack, P | 1 |
| Barnes, PJ; Haworth, SG; Hislop, AA; Liu, SF | 1 |
| Moncada, S; Palmer, RM; Vallance, P | 1 |
| McCarthy, AL; Poston, L; Taylor, PD; Thomas, CR | 1 |
| Akl, ES; Allen, SP; Chester, AH; Piper, PJ; Sampson, AP; Yacoub, MH | 1 |
| Brink, C; Gorenne, I; Labat, C; Norel, X; Ortiz, JL; Verley, J | 1 |
| Bosnjak, ZJ; Buljubasic, N; Flynn, NM; Kampine, JP | 1 |
| Gray, DW; Marshall, I | 1 |
| Lawson, DL; Mehta, JL; Nichols, WW; Yang, BC | 1 |
| Azadzoi, KM; Goldstein, I; Kim, N; Saenz de Tejada, I | 1 |
| Biondi, ML; Feletou, M; Peglion, JL; Vanhoutte, PM; Vilaine, JP; Villeneuve, N | 1 |
| Boeckxstaens, GE; Bogers, JJ; De Man, JG; Herman, AG; Pelckmans, PA; Van Maercke, YM | 1 |
| Boeckxstaens, GE; Bult, H; De Man, JG; Herman, AG; Pelckmans, PA; van Maercke, YM | 2 |
| Desai, KM; Sessa, WC; Vane, JR | 1 |
| Desai, KM; Sessa, WC; Vane, JR; Zembowicz, A | 1 |
| Aldasoro, M; Esplugues, JV; Flor, B; Lluch, S; Martinez-Cuesta, MA; Martinez-Martinez, MC; Vila, J | 1 |
| Gillespie, JS; Sheng, H | 1 |
| Ramwell, PW; Thomas, G | 1 |
| Berkenboom, G; Fang, ZY; Fontaine, J; Goldman, M; Unger, P | 1 |
| Andersson, KE; Forman, A; Garcia Pascual, A; Persson, K; Tøttrup, A | 1 |
| Chapelain, B; Jean, T; Néliat, G; Robert, R | 1 |
| Gibson, IF; Gillespie, JS; Liu, XR; Martin, W | 1 |
| Sumner, MJ | 1 |
| Lin, PJ; Pearson, PJ; Schaff, HV | 1 |
| Barbanti, G; Giuliani, S; Maggi, CA; Turini, D | 1 |
| Brauns, H; Glusa, E; Stocker, K | 1 |
| Beckmann, R; Goessl, C; Knispel, HH | 1 |
| Li, CG; Rand, MJ | 3 |
| Ohhashi, T; Takahashi, N | 1 |
| Cain, DA; Lawson, DL; Mehta, JL; Mehta, P; Nicolini, FA; Schreier, H | 1 |
| Fasehun, OA; Griffith, OW; Gross, SS; Jaffe, EA; Levi, R; Rubin, LE | 1 |
| Alaranta, S; Eldh, J; Klinge, E; Samuelson, UE; Sjöstrand, NO | 1 |
| Homma, Y; Kawakami, Y; Masaki, Y; Munakata, M; Otsuka, Y; Sakuma, I; Ukita, H | 1 |
| Barnes, PJ; Crawley, DE; Evans, TW; Liu, SF | 1 |
| Harris, HJ; Hecker, M; Katsura, M; Mitchell, JA; Thiemermann, C; Vane, JR | 1 |
| al-Swayeh, OA; Chong, NW; Evans, RA; Gibson, A; Moore, PK | 1 |
| Farhat, M; Myers, AK; Ramwell, PW; Thomas, G | 1 |
| Gibson, A; Hobbs, AJ; Mirzazadeh, S; Moore, PK | 1 |
| Coleman, HA; Dusting, GJ; Neild, TO; Parkington, HC; Tare, M | 1 |
| Baba, H; Okamura, T; Toda, N | 1 |
| Cole, EA; Ramwell, PW; Thomas, G | 1 |
| Leighton, HJ; Ramagopal, MV | 1 |
| Förstermann, U; Gorsky, LD; Ishii, K; Murad, F | 1 |
| Amezcua, JL; de Souza, BM; Moncada, S; Palmer, RM | 1 |
1 review(s) available for omega-n-methylarginine and Muscle Relaxation
| Article | Year |
|---|---|
Nitric oxide: biological and clinical perspectives.
Topics: Animals; DNA; Humans; Hypertension; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Vasodilator Agents | 1996 |
1 trial(s) available for omega-n-methylarginine and Muscle Relaxation
| Article | Year |
|---|---|
Nitrergic contribution to gastric relaxation induced by glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in healthy adults.
Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Blood Glucose; Blood Pressure; Catecholamines; Double-Blind Method; Fasting; Female; Glucagon-Like Peptide 1; Heart Rate; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Postprandial Period; Stomach | 2007 |
150 other study(ies) available for omega-n-methylarginine and Muscle Relaxation
| Article | Year |
|---|---|
Nitroaromatic amino acids as inhibitors of neuronal nitric oxide synthase.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Cerebellum; Cyclic GMP; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; In Vitro Techniques; Isoenzymes; Kinetics; Muscle Relaxation; Neurons; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitro Compounds; Ornithine; Rats; Structure-Activity Relationship | 1998 |
Diameter changes of retinal arterioles during acute hypoxia in vivo are modified by the inhibition of nitric oxide and prostaglandin synthesis.
Topics: Acute Disease; Adult; Arterioles; Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; Diclofenac; Enzyme Inhibitors; Exercise; Female; Humans; Hypoxia; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Photic Stimulation; Prostaglandin Antagonists; Retinal Artery; Vasodilation; Young Adult | 2015 |
Inducible NOS mediates CNP-induced relaxation of intestinal myofibroblasts.
Topics: Animals; Cyclic GMP; Guanylate Cyclase; Humans; Mice; Muscle Relaxation; Myofibroblasts; Natriuretic Peptide, C-Type; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxadiazoles; Quinoxalines; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase | 2013 |
Two new nitric oxide synthase inhibitors: pyridoxal aminoguanidine and 8-quinolinecarboxylic hydrazide selectively inhibit basal but not agonist-stimulated release of nitric oxide in rat aorta.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Enzyme Inhibitors; Guanidines; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Quinolines; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Vasodilator Agents | 2002 |
Exercise restores beta-adrenergic vasorelaxation in aged rat carotid arteries.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Adrenergic beta-Agonists; Animals; Blotting, Western; Body Weight; Brimonidine Tartrate; Carotid Arteries; Cells, Cultured; Cytosol; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Isoproterenol; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Organ Size; Physical Conditioning, Animal; Quinoxalines; Rats; Rats, Inbred WKY; Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; Vasodilator Agents | 2003 |
The effect of inflammation on rat urinary bladder-dependent relaxation in coaxial bioassay system.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Administration, Intravesical; Anal Canal; Animals; Biological Assay; Cyclophosphamide; Cystitis; Disease Models, Animal; Injections, Intraperitoneal; Lipopolysaccharides; Male; Muscle Proteins; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Urinary Bladder; Urothelium | 2003 |
Nitric oxide and the mechanism of rat vascular smooth muscle photorelaxation.
Topics: Animals; Arteries; Blood Pressure; Enzyme Inhibitors; Heart Rate; Hypertension; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; omega-N-Methylarginine; Photic Stimulation; Rats; Rats, Inbred SHR; Ultraviolet Rays | 2003 |
Release of nitric oxide in the central nervous system mediates tonic and phasic contraction of the cat lower oesophageal sphincter.
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 |
Roles of accumulated endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitors and decreased nitric oxide synthase activity for impaired trigonal relaxation with ischemia.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Electric Stimulation; Ischemia; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rabbits; Urinary Bladder | 2003 |
Phenylephrine induces endogenous noradrenaline release in the rat vas deferens through nitric oxide synthase pathway.
Topics: Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor Agonists; Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors; Animals; Desipramine; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Prazosin; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1; Vas Deferens; Vasoconstrictor Agents | 2003 |
NO/cyclic GMP pathway mediates the relaxation of feline lower oesophageal sphincter.
Topics: Aminoquinolines; Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; Cats; Cyclic GMP; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Inhibitors; Esophagogastric Junction; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Male; Methylene Blue; Molsidomine; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Donors; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxadiazoles; Quinoxalines; Signal Transduction; Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide | 2003 |
Role of nitrergic input in mechanically and chemically induced gastric relaxation in conscious dogs.
Topics: Animals; Consciousness; Dogs; Enzyme Inhibitors; Gastric Emptying; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Physical Stimulation; Pressure; Stimulation, Chemical; Stomach | 2004 |
Impairment of the low-affinity state beta1-adrenoceptor-induced relaxation in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Topics: Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Inhibitors; Hypertension; Immunohistochemistry; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pindolol; Propanolamines; Rats; Rats, Inbred SHR; Rats, Inbred WKY; Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-1 | 2004 |
Nitric oxide mediates abnormal responsiveness of thyroid arteries in methimazole-treated patients.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Adult; Antithyroid Agents; Apamin; Arteries; Biological Factors; Calcium; Charybdotoxin; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Humans; Hyperthyroidism; Male; Methimazole; Middle Aged; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Potassium; Potassium Channel Blockers; Potassium Channels; Thyroid Gland | 2005 |
Acetylcholine-induced aortic relaxation studied in salbutamol treated rats.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Adrenergic beta-Agonists; Albuterol; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Cyclic AMP; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelium, Vascular; Indomethacin; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Prostaglandins; Rats; Rats, Wistar | 2005 |
Barium and strontium can substitute for calcium in stimulating nitric oxide production in the endothelium of canine coronary arteries.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Barium; Calcium; Cations, Divalent; Coronary Vessels; Cyclic GMP; Dogs; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Isometric Contraction; Muscle Relaxation; Neurotransmitter Agents; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Potassium; Strontium | 1995 |
K+ channel blockers do not modify relaxation of guinea-pig uterine artery evoked by acetylcholine.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Arteries; Diethylcarbamazine; Drug Interactions; Female; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Isotonic Solutions; Methylene Blue; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Potassium Channels; Uterus | 1995 |
A selective agonist of endothelin type B receptor, IRL 1620, stimulates cyclic GMP increase via nitric oxide formation in rat aorta.
Topics: 1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Binding Sites; Calcium; Cyclic GMP; Cytosol; Drug Interactions; Endothelins; Endothelium, Vascular; Kinetics; Male; Membranes; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Peptide Fragments; Peptides, Cyclic; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Receptors, Endothelin; Stimulation, Chemical; Time Factors | 1993 |
Receptor mechanism of thrombin-induced endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent coronary vascular effects in dogs.
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.
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 |
Effects of sodium-transport inhibition in human resistance arteries.
Topics: Arginine; Biological Transport, Active; Bufanolides; Chlormadinone Acetate; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelium, Vascular; Humans; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Ouabain; Potassium; Sodium; Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; Vascular Resistance | 1993 |
Involvement of nitric oxide and cyclic GMP in rabbit urethral relaxation.
Topics: Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Animals; Arginine; Canavanine; Cyclic GMP; Electric Stimulation; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rabbits; Urethra | 1994 |
Effects of guanidino and uremic compounds on nitric oxide pathways.
Topics: Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Animals; Arginine; Cell Line; Cells, Cultured; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelium, Vascular; Guanidines; Humans; Macrophages; Mice; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Saphenous Vein | 1994 |
Evidence for differential roles of nitric oxide (NO) and hyperpolarization in endothelium-dependent relaxation of pig isolated coronary artery.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Coronary Vessels; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Isometric Contraction; Male; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nifedipine; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Potassium; Substance P; Swine | 1994 |
Calcitonin gene-related peptide mediated neurogenic vasorelaxation in the isolated canine lingual artery.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Benzopyrans; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; Capsaicin; Cromakalim; Dogs; Electric Stimulation; Female; Glyburide; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Peptide Fragments; Potassium Channel Blockers; Potassium Channels; Propranolol; Pyrroles; Substance P; Tetraethylammonium; Tetraethylammonium Compounds; Tetrodotoxin; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilator Agents | 1995 |
Endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation caused by various plant extracts.
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.
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 |
5-Hydroxytryptamine-induced NO-dependent relaxation in isolated strips of monkey popliteal lymph nodes.
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 |
Impairment of pulmonary-artery endothelium-dependent relaxation in chronic obstructive lung disease is not due to dysfunction of endothelial cell membrane receptors nor to L-arginine deficiency.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Adenosine Diphosphate; Adult; Aged; Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Arginine; Blood Gas Analysis; Calcimycin; Cell Membrane; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pulmonary Artery; Respiratory Function Tests | 1993 |
Involvement of NK receptors and beta-adrenoceptors in nitric oxide-dependent relaxation of rabbit aorta rings following electrical-field stimulation.
Topics: Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; Animals; Aorta; Arginine; Benzalkonium Compounds; Electric Stimulation; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Morphine; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Rabbits; Receptors, Adrenergic, beta; Receptors, Tachykinin; Substance P; Vasodilation | 1993 |
Nitric oxide and prostacyclin influence coronary vasomotor tone in perfused rabbit heart and modulate endothelin-1 activity.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Blood Pressure; Coronary Vessels; Endothelins; Epoprostenol; Heart; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle Tonus; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; Polydeoxyribonucleotides; Rabbits | 1993 |
Effects of portal hypertension on responsiveness of rat mesenteric artery and aorta.
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.
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 |
Potentiation of nitric oxide-mediated vascular relaxation by SC52608, a superoxide dismutase mimic.
Topics: Animals; Antioxidants; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Blood Pressure; Chlorides; Cyclic GMP; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Male; Manganese Compounds; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Organometallic Compounds; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Superoxide Dismutase; Vasodilation | 1995 |
Pharmacological reactivity of human epicardial coronary arteries: characterization of relaxation responses to endothelium-derived relaxing factor.
Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Adult; Aged; Arginine; Coronary Vessels; Female; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Thromboxane A2; Vasoconstrictor Agents | 1994 |
Endothelin receptors mediating functional responses in human small arteries and veins.
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.
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 |
Inhibition of hypoxia-induced relaxation of rabbit isolated coronary arteries by NG-monomethyl-L-arginine but not glibenclamide.
Topics: Adenosine; Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Arginine; Capsaicin; Coronary Vessels; Endothelium, Vascular; Glyburide; Hypoxia; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Potassium Channels; Rabbits; Tetrodotoxin; Theophylline | 1994 |
L-arginine induces relaxation of human uterine artery with both intact and denuded endothelium.
Topics: Arginine; Arteries; Calmodulin; Dexamethasone; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; Humans; Imidazoles; In Vitro Techniques; Methylene Blue; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Regional Blood Flow; Stereoisomerism; Uterus | 1994 |
Reduced endothelium-dependent vasodilation by acetylcholine and bradykinin in isolated nitroglycerin-tolerant blood vessels.
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 |
Nitric oxide and endothelium-dependent relaxation in tracheobronchial lymph vessels.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Bronchi; Endothelium, Lymphatic; Female; Histamine; In Vitro Techniques; Lymphatic System; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Perfusion; Trachea | 1994 |
Induction by endothelin-1 of epithelium-dependent relaxation of guinea-pig trachea in vitro: role for nitric oxide.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Endothelins; Epithelium; Guanylate Cyclase; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Male; Methylene Blue; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxyhemoglobins; Prostaglandins; Trachea | 1993 |
Notes on the acetylcholine-induced relaxation of porcine coronary arteries.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Coronary Vessels; Cyclic GMP; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Synergism; Endothelium, Vascular; Methylene Blue; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Radioimmunoassay; Swine; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilation | 1994 |
Furosemide and bumetanide, but not nedocromil sodium, modulate nonadrenergic relaxation in guinea pig trachea in vitro.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Atropine; Bumetanide; Chymotrypsin; Drug Therapy, Combination; Electric Stimulation; Female; Furosemide; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Nedocromil; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Premedication; Propranolol; Trachea; Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide | 1994 |
Disturbances in ex vivo vascular smooth muscle responses following exposure to Pasteurella haemolytica vaccines.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Bacterial Vaccines; Carbachol; Ditiocarb; Endothelium, Vascular; Male; Mannheimia haemolytica; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley | 1993 |
Endothelium-dependent relaxation by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in canine femoral arteries.
Topics: Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; Animals; Arginine; Aspirin; Captopril; Dinoprost; Dipeptides; Dogs; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; Femoral Artery; In Vitro Techniques; Indans; Isometric Contraction; Male; Methylene Blue; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxyhemoglobins; Superoxide Dismutase | 1994 |
Light-activated release of nitric oxide from vascular smooth muscle of normotensive and hypertensive rats.
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 |
Inhibitory nerve distribution and mediation of NANC relaxation by nitric oxide in horse airways.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Atropine; Autonomic Nervous System; Bronchi; Electric Stimulation; Horses; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Parasympathetic Nervous System; Propranolol; Respiratory Physiological Phenomena; Respiratory System; Trachea | 1994 |
Influence of aortic baroreceptor denervation on adenosine receptor-mediated relaxation of isolated rat aorta.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Adenosine; Adenosine-5'-(N-ethylcarboxamide); Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Blood Pressure; Endothelium, Vascular; Heart Rate; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Denervation; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Pressoreceptors; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptors, Purinergic P1; Theophylline | 1994 |
Gou-teng (from Uncaria rhynchophylla Miquel)-induced endothelium-dependent and -independent relaxations in the isolated rat aorta.
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 |
In vitro femoral arterial responses to vasoconstrictor and vasodilator agents in endotoxin shock.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Arginine Vasopressin; Bradykinin; Femoral Artery; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Potassium Chloride; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Shock, Septic; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Vasodilator Agents | 1994 |
Relaxation of vascular smooth muscle induced by low-power laser radiation.
Topics: Animals; Aorta; Arginine; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; Indomethacin; Light; Models, Chemical; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Protoporphyrins; Rabbits; Ultraviolet Rays; Vasodilation | 1993 |
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha inhibits endothelium-dependent relaxation.
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 |
Induction of endothelium-dependent relaxation in the rat aorta by IRL 1620, a novel and selective agonist at the endothelin ETB receptor.
Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Calcium; Carbachol; Endothelins; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Peptide Fragments; Potassium Chloride; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Receptors, Endothelin; Verapamil | 1993 |
Actions and interactions of NG-substituted analogues of L-arginine on NANC neurotransmission in the bovine retractor penis and rat anococcygeus muscles.
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 |
Effect of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine on the beta-adrenoceptor-mediated relaxation of rat mesenteric resistance arteries.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; In Vitro Techniques; Isoproterenol; Male; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Inbred WKY; Receptors, Adrenergic, beta | 1993 |
Acetylcholine-induced relaxation in bovine isolated mesenteric arteries is suppressed by polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Catalase; Cattle; Endothelium, Vascular; Free Radical Scavengers; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Neutrophils; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Superoxide Dismutase; Superoxides | 1993 |
Evidence of L-arginine/nitric oxide pathway in endothelium and smooth muscle of human internal mammary artery.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Aged; Arginine; Calcimycin; Cyclic GMP; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Kinetics; Male; Mammary Arteries; Middle Aged; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine | 1993 |
Vasomotor responses of canine coronary arterial rings to NG-monomethyl-L-arginine and N omega nitro L-arginine methyl ester.
Topics: Animals; Aorta, Abdominal; Arginine; Biotransformation; Coronary Vessels; Cycloheximide; Dogs; Drug Interactions; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Vasomotor System | 1993 |
Nitric oxide-dependent and -independent neurogenic relaxation of isolated dog urethra.
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 |
NG-monomethyl-L-arginine paradoxically relaxes preconstricted canine intrapulmonary arteries.
Topics: 6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; Animals; Arginine; Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; Dinoprostone; Dogs; Endothelium, Vascular; Epoprostenol; Immunoenzyme Techniques; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Potassium Chloride; Pulmonary Artery; Serotonin; Vasodilation | 1993 |
Nitric oxide relaxes rabbit corpus cavernosum smooth muscle via a potassium-conductive pathway.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Cells, Cultured; Cyclic AMP; Enzyme Inhibitors; Kinetics; Male; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Penis; Potassium; Potassium Channels; Rabbits; Tetraethylammonium; Tetraethylammonium Compounds; Time Factors; Vasodilator Agents | 1996 |
Angiotensin II-mediated hypertension in the rat increases vascular superoxide production via membrane NADH/NADPH oxidase activation. Contribution to alterations of vasomotor tone.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Angiotensin II; Animals; Antihypertensive Agents; Aorta; Arginine; Biphenyl Compounds; Calcimycin; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Activation; Enzyme Inhibitors; Hypertension; Imidazoles; In Vitro Techniques; Losartan; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle Tonus; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroglycerin; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Superoxide Dismutase; Superoxides; Tetrazoles | 1996 |
Evidence that epithelium-derived relaxing factor released by bradykinin in the guinea pig trachea is nitric oxide.
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 |
Characterization of nitric oxide synthase activity in sheep urinary tract: functional implications.
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 |
Role of nitric oxide in nonadrenergic, noncholinergic relaxation of whole tracheal tube preparations isolated from guinea pigs.
Topics: Animals; Autonomic Nervous System; Chymotrypsin; Electric Stimulation; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxidopamine; Sympatholytics; Trachea; Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide | 1996 |
Studies of vascular tolerance to nitroglycerin: effects of N-acetylcysteine, NG-monomethyl L-arginine, and endothelin-1.
Topics: Acetylcysteine; Animals; Aorta; Cyclic GMP; Drug Tolerance; Endothelin-1; Enzyme Inhibitors; Free Radical Scavengers; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroglycerin; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Vasodilator Agents | 1996 |
Developmental changes in endothelium-dependent relaxation of pulmonary arteries: role of EDNO and prostanoids.
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 |
Inhibitory transmission to the longitudinal muscle of the mouse caecum is mediated largely by nitric oxide acting via soluble guanylyl cyclase.
Topics: Animals; Cecum; Electric Stimulation; Enzyme Inhibitors; Guanylate Cyclase; Histocytochemistry; Immunohistochemistry; Mice; Mice, Inbred DBA; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; NADPH Dehydrogenase; Neural Inhibition; Neurotransmitter Agents; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxadiazoles; Oxyhemoglobins; Quinoxalines; Solubility; Vasodilator Agents | 1996 |
Bovine tracheal responsiveness in vitro: role of the epithelium and nitric oxide.
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 |
Investigations of the function of the vascular endothelium in portal hypertensive rats.
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.
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.
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 |
Blood pressure-related changes of endothelium-dependent relaxation in the aorta from SHRSP at developmental ages of hypertension.
Topics: Aging; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Blood Pressure; Disease Progression; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Hypertension; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Inbred SHR; Rats, Inbred WKY | 1995 |
Endothelium-dependent relaxation by substance P in human isolated omental arteries and veins: relative contribution of prostanoids, nitric oxide and hyperpolarization.
Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; Acetylcholine; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arteries; Electrophysiology; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Middle Aged; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Prostaglandins; Substance P; Tetraethylammonium Compounds; Thromboxane A2; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Veins | 1997 |
Effect of nicotine on the intimal hyperplasia after endothelial removal of the rabbit carotid artery.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Body Weight; Carotid Arteries; Endothelin-1; Endothelium, Vascular; Hyperplasia; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nicotine; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rabbits; Tunica Intima | 1997 |
Chronic inhibition of NO synthase enhances the production of prostacyclin in coronary arteries through upregulation of the cyclooxygenase type 1 isoform.
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 |
A possible role of endogenous inhibitor for nitric oxide synthesis in the bovine ciliary muscle.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Calcimycin; Cattle; Ciliary Body; Ionophores; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine | 1997 |
Characteristics of contractile responses of aorta to norepinephrine in db/db mice.
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.
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 |
Gender differences in endothelium-dependent relaxations do not involve NO in porcine coronary arteries.
Topics: Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; Animals; Bradykinin; Brimonidine Tartrate; Calcimycin; Cholesterol; Coronary Vessels; Endothelium, Vascular; Estradiol; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Isometric Contraction; Lipoproteins; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Ovariectomy; Progesterone; Prostaglandins; Quinoxalines; Sex Characteristics; Sexual Maturation; Swine; Testosterone | 1997 |
Role of nitric oxide in the regulation of the mechanical properties of peripheral conduit arteries in humans.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Blood Pressure; Elasticity; Female; Humans; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Radial Artery; Reference Values; Regional Blood Flow; Vasodilation | 1997 |
Nitric oxide and cyclic nucleotides participate in the relaxation of diclofenac on rat uterine smooth muscle.
Topics: Adenylyl Cyclases; Animals; Cyclic GMP; Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; Diclofenac; Drug Interactions; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; GTP-Binding Proteins; Molsidomine; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroprusside; Nucleotides, Cyclic; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxadiazoles; Pertussis Toxin; Quinoxalines; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sulfonamides; Uterine Contraction; Uterus; Vanadates; Vasodilator Agents; Virulence Factors, Bordetella | 1998 |
Decreased endothelium-dependent vasoconstriction to noradrenaline in acute-stressed rats is potentiated by previous chronic stress: nitric oxide involvement.
Topics: Acute Disease; Animals; Aorta; Chronic Disease; Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; Indomethacin; Male; Methylene Blue; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Stress, Physiological; Vasoconstriction; Vasoconstrictor Agents | 1998 |
Modulatory role of endothelial calcium level in vascular tension of canine depolarized coronary arteries.
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 |
Effect of the NO scavenger carboxy-ptio on endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation of various blood vessels from rabbits.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arteries; Benzoates; Endothelium, Vascular; Free Radical Scavengers; Imidazoles; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rabbits | 1998 |
Postnatal changes in gut hemodynamics: a possible role for substance P.
Topics: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Endothelium, Vascular; Hemodynamics; Intestines; Kinetics; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Denervation; Muscle Relaxation; Neurokinin-1 Receptor Antagonists; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxygen Consumption; Substance P; Swine; Tryptophan; Vascular Resistance | 1998 |
Effects of red and white wine on endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation of rat aorta and human coronary arteries.
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 |
Mechanism of endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation evoked by lysophosphatidylcholine.
Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; In Vitro Techniques; Lysophosphatidylcholines; Male; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; omega-N-Methylarginine; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins; Prostaglandins; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptors, Cell Surface; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled | 1998 |
Nitric oxide synthesis by tracheal smooth muscle cells by a nitric oxide synthase-independent pathway.
Topics: Aminoquinolines; Animals; Cells, Cultured; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; Enzyme Inhibitors; Hydroxylamines; In Vitro Techniques; Isometric Contraction; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxazines; Oximes; Rats; Rats, Inbred Lew; Trachea | 1998 |
Characterization of the endothelin receptor subtype mediating epithelium-derived relaxant nitric oxide release from guinea-pig trachea.
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 |
Agonist-dependent difference in the relationship between cytosolic Ca2+ level and release of vascular relaxing factors in the endothelium of rabbit aortic valve.
Topics: Adenosine Triphosphate; Adrenergic beta-Agonists; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Calcium; Carbachol; Cytosol; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Nicotinic Agonists; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; Rabbits; Thapsigargin | 1999 |
Prolonged diastolic time fraction protects myocardial perfusion when coronary blood flow is reduced.
Topics: Adenosine; Animals; Blood Pressure; Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; Cardiovascular Agents; Coronary Circulation; Diastole; Dogs; Enzyme Inhibitors; Heart; Muscle Relaxation; Myocardial Ischemia; Myocardium; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; omega-N-Methylarginine; Perfusion; Time Factors; Vascular Resistance | 1999 |
Low dose of lipopolysaccharide induces a delayed enhanced nitric oxide-mediated relaxation in rat aorta.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; Aorta, Thoracic; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Synergism; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Lipopolysaccharides; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Rats; Time Factors; Vasoconstrictor Agents; Vasodilator Agents | 1999 |
L-NAME inhibits Mg(2+)-induced rat aortic relaxation in the absence of endothelium.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Endothelium, Vascular; Enzyme Inhibitors; In Vitro Techniques; Isometric Contraction; Magnesium; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; omega-N-Methylarginine; Potassium Chloride; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley | 1999 |
Pregnancy does not alter the response of uterine arteries to vasoactive intestinal polypeptide.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arteries; Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; Diethylcarbamazine; Enzyme Inhibitors; Female; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pregnancy; Pregnancy, Animal; Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; Uterus; Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; Vasoconstriction; Vasoconstrictor Agents | 2000 |
Hyperosmolarity-induced relaxation and prostaglandin release in guinea pig trachea in vitro.
Topics: Animals; Dinoprostone; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Enzyme Inhibitors; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide Synthase; omega-N-Methylarginine; Osmolar Concentration; Prostaglandins; Quinacrine; Sodium Chloride; Trachea | 2000 |
Short-term treatment with transdermal nicotine affects the function of canine saphenous veins.
Topics: Administration, Cutaneous; Adrenergic alpha-Agonists; Animals; Brimonidine Tartrate; Calcimycin; Dogs; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Isometric Contraction; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nicotine; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Potassium Chloride; Quinoxalines; Saphenous Vein | 2000 |
Resveratrol activates membrane-bound guanylyl cyclase in coronary arterial smooth muscle: a novel signaling mechanism in support of coronary protection.
Topics: Animals; Coronary Vessels; Cyclic GMP; Enzyme Activation; Enzyme Inhibitors; Guanylate Cyclase; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; Protective Agents; Resveratrol; Sheep; Signal Transduction; Stilbenes | 2002 |
Role of lipoxygenase and cytochrome P-450 in production of endothelium-derived relaxing factors in canine femoral veins.
Topics: Animals; Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase; Arachidonic Acid; Arginine; Benzoquinones; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; Dogs; Femoral Vein; In Vitro Techniques; Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; Masoprocol; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Piperidines; Proadifen | 1992 |
Role of nitric oxide and guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate in mediating nonadrenergic, noncholinergic relaxation in guinea-pig pulmonary arteries.
Topics: 3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases; Animals; Arginine; Autonomic Nervous System; Cyclic GMP; Electric Stimulation; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Methylene Blue; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxidopamine; Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; Purinones; Pyrogallol; Sympathectomy, Chemical | 1992 |
Antagonists of nitric oxide synthesis inhibit nerve-mediated relaxations of longitudinal muscle in guinea pig ileum.
Topics: Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; Animals; Arginine; Guinea Pigs; Ileum; Isoproterenol; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Myenteric Plexus; Neurotransmitter Agents; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxyhemoglobins; Papaverine | 1992 |
Endothelium-dependent relaxation to acetylcholine in the rabbit basilar artery: importance of membrane hyperpolarization.
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.
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 |
Developmental changes in endothelium-dependent pulmonary vasodilatation in pigs.
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.
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 |
Endothelium-dependent relaxation and noradrenaline sensitivity in mesenteric resistance arteries of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; Indomethacin; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats | 1992 |
Effects of leukotrienes C4 and D4 on human isolated saphenous veins.
Topics: Arginine; Endothelium, Vascular; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Saphenous Vein; SRS-A | 1992 |
Histamine receptors on human isolated pulmonary arterial muscle preparations: effects of endothelial cell removal and nitric oxide inhibitors.
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 |
Isoflurane produces endothelium-independent relaxation in canine middle cerebral arteries.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Cerebral Arteries; Dogs; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Isoflurane; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Vasodilation | 1992 |
Nitric oxide synthesis inhibitors attenuate calcitonin gene-related peptide endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation in rat aorta.
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 |
Agonist-induced tension determines vascular reactivity during anoxia and reoxygenation.
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 |
A nitric oxide-like factor mediates nonadrenergic-noncholinergic neurogenic relaxation of penile corpus cavernosum smooth muscle.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxyhemoglobins; Penis; Rabbits; Synaptic Transmission | 1991 |
The calcium channel antagonist S 11568 causes endothelium-dependent relaxation in canine arteries.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Calcium Channel Blockers; Cyclic GMP; Dihydropyridines; Dogs; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; Hemoglobins; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Methylene Blue; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine | 1991 |
The role of nitric oxide in serotonin-induced relaxations in the canine terminal ileum and ileocolonic junction.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Culture Techniques; Dogs; Female; Ileum; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitrates; Nitric Acid; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Serotonin | 1991 |
Evidence for nitric oxide as mediator of non-adrenergic non-cholinergic relaxations induced by ATP and GABA in the canine gut.
Topics: Adenosine Triphosphate; Animals; Arginine; Colon; Dogs; Female; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; Ileum; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Neurotransmitter Agents; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Tetrodotoxin | 1991 |
Involvement of nitric oxide in the reflex relaxation of the stomach to accommodate food or fluid.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Food; Guanylate Cyclase; Guinea Pigs; Male; Methylene Blue; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pressure; Reflex; Stomach | 1991 |
Nitroxergic nerves mediate vagally induced relaxation in the isolated stomach of the guinea pig.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Atropine; Guanethidine; Guinea Pigs; Hexamethonium; Hexamethonium Compounds; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Methylene Blue; Models, Biological; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitroglycerin; omega-N-Methylarginine; Reflex; Stomach; Vagus Nerve | 1991 |
NG-monomethyl-L-arginine and NG-nitro-L-arginine inhibit endothelium-dependent relaxations in human isolated omental arteries.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Adult; Aged; Arginine; Arteries; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Omentum; Regional Blood Flow | 1991 |
The effects of pyrogallol and hydroquinone on the response to NANC nerve stimulation in the rat anococcygeus and the bovine retractor penis muscles.
Topics: 1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine; Animals; Arginine; Autonomic Nervous System; Cattle; Electric Stimulation; Hydroquinones; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Penis; Pyrogallol; Rats; Superoxides | 1990 |
Effects of guanidino compounds on the endothelium-derived relaxing factor inhibitor NG-monomethyl L-arginine.
Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Cyclic GMP; Endothelium, Vascular; Guanidines; Homoarginine; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains | 1991 |
Prevention of cyclosporine A-induced vascular toxicity by pentoxifylline.
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.
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.
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 |
Effects of NG-substituted analogues of L-arginine on NANC relaxation of the rat anococcygeus and bovine retractor penis muscles and the bovine penile artery.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Arteries; Autonomic Nervous System; Cattle; Guanethidine; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Muscles; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Penis; Rats; Serotonin; Stereoisomerism; Vasodilation | 1991 |
Characterization of the 5-HT receptor mediating endothelium-dependent relaxation in porcine vena cava.
Topics: 15-Hydroxy-11 alpha,9 alpha-(epoxymethano)prosta-5,13-dienoic Acid; alpha-Methyltyrosine; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Arginine; Endothelium, Vascular; Ketanserin; Methyltyrosines; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Prostaglandin Endoperoxides, Synthetic; Receptors, Serotonin; Serotonin; Swine; Venae Cavae | 1991 |
Endothelium-dependent contraction and relaxation of the human and canine internal mammary artery: studies on bypass graft vasospasm.
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 |
Effect of NG-monomethyl L-arginine (L-NMMA) and NG-nitro L-arginine (L-NOARG) on non-adrenergic non-cholinergic relaxation in the circular muscle of the human ileum.
Topics: Arginine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Humans; Ileum; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine | 1991 |
Endothelium-dependent relaxant effect of thrombocytin, a serine proteinase from Bothrops atrox snake venom, on isolated pig coronary arteries.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Batroxobin; Coronary Vessels; Crotalid Venoms; Dinoprost; Endothelium, Vascular; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Platelet Aggregation; Serine Endopeptidases; Swine | 1991 |
Basal and acetylcholine-stimulated nitric oxide formation mediates relaxation of rabbit cavernous smooth muscle.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Atropine Derivatives; Endothelium; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Methylene Blue; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Parasympatholytics; Penis; Rabbits | 1991 |
Nitric oxide and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide mediate non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic inhibitory transmission to smooth muscle of the rat gastric fundus.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Autonomic Nervous System; Electric Stimulation; Gastric Fundus; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Synaptic Transmission; Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide | 1990 |
Non-adrenergic non-cholinergic relaxation mediated by nitric oxide in the canine ileocolonic junction.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Autonomic Nervous System; Colon; Dogs; Electric Stimulation; Female; Hemoglobins; Ileum; Isometric Contraction; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Neurotransmitter Agents; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Stereoisomerism | 1990 |
Acetylcholine-induced release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor from lymphatic endothelial cells.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Aspirin; Atropine; Dogs; Endothelium; Female; Male; Methylene Blue; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxyhemoglobins; Thoracic Duct | 1991 |
Evidence that part of the NANC relaxant response of guinea-pig trachea to electrical field stimulation is mediated by nitric oxide.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Autonomic Nervous System; Chymotrypsin; Electric Stimulation; Female; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; Nitroprusside; omega-N-Methylarginine; Trachea; Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide | 1991 |
Evidence for generation of a large amount of nitric oxide-like vascular smooth muscle relaxant by cholesterol-rich neutrophils.
Topics: Animals; Aorta; Arginine; Calcium; Cholesterol; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Indomethacin; Kinetics; Liposomes; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; Neutrophils; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxyhemoglobins; Rats; Superoxides; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate | 1990 |
L-arginine, but not N alpha-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester, is a precursor of endothelium-derived relaxing factor.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Cyclic GMP; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Guinea Pigs; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitrates; Nitric Acid; Nitric Oxide; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Pulmonary Artery | 1990 |
The effects of L-arginine and NG-monomethyl L-arginine on the inhibitory neurotransmission of the human corpus cavernosum penis.
Topics: Adult; Arginine; Electric Stimulation; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Middle Aged; Muscle Relaxation; omega-N-Methylarginine; Penis; Synaptic Transmission; Tetrodotoxin | 1990 |
Pharmacological differentiation of epithelium-derived relaxing factor from nitric oxide.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Endothelium, Vascular; Guinea Pigs; Hemoglobins; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Methylene Blue; Muscle Relaxation; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Trachea | 1990 |
Inhibitory role of endothelium-derived relaxing factor in rat and human pulmonary arteries.
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 |
Endothelial cells metabolize NG-monomethyl-L-arginine to L-citrulline and subsequently to L-arginine.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Aorta; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Cattle; Cells, Cultured; Citrulline; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rabbits | 1990 |
L-NG-nitro arginine (L-NOARG), a novel, L-arginine-reversible inhibitor of endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in vitro.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Electric Stimulation; Endothelium, Vascular; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Mesenteric Arteries; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitroarginine; Nitroprusside; Norepinephrine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Phenylephrine; Rabbits; Vasodilation | 1990 |
Effect of N alpha-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester on coronary perfusion pressure in isolated guinea pig heart.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Blood Pressure; Coronary Circulation; Guinea Pigs; Heart; Hemoglobins; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine | 1990 |
L-NG-monomethyl arginine and L-NG-nitro arginine inhibit non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic relaxation of the mouse anococcygeus muscle.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Autonomic Nervous System; Electric Stimulation; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Mice; Muscle Relaxation; Muscles; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Sympathetic Nervous System; Vasodilator Agents | 1990 |
Hyperpolarization and relaxation of arterial smooth muscle caused by nitric oxide derived from the endothelium.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Calcium; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; Guinea Pigs; In Vitro Techniques; Membrane Potentials; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Signal Transduction; Uterus | 1990 |
Role of nitric oxide in non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic nerve-mediated relaxation in dog duodenal longitudinal muscle strips.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Autonomic Nervous System; Dogs; Duodenum; Electric Stimulation; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Oxyhemoglobins; Stereoisomerism | 1990 |
Evidence for a role of nitric oxide in the neurotransmitter system mediating relaxation of the rat anococcygeus muscle.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Autonomic Nervous System; Electric Stimulation; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscles; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains; Stereoisomerism; Synaptic Transmission | 1989 |
NG-monomethyl L-arginine is a non-specific inhibitor of vascular relaxation.
Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats | 1989 |
Effects of NG-monomethyl-L-arginine on field stimulation-induced decreases in cytosolic Ca2+ levels and relaxation in the rat anococcygeus muscle.
Topics: Animals; Arginine; Calcium; Clonidine; Cytosol; Electric Stimulation; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscles; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rats; Rats, Inbred Strains | 1989 |
The cytosol of N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells synthesizes an EDRF-like substance that relaxes rabbit aorta.
Topics: Animals; Aorta, Thoracic; Arginine; Cytosol; Female; In Vitro Techniques; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Neuroblastoma; Nitric Oxide; Nitroarginine; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rabbits; Superoxide Dismutase; Tumor Cells, Cultured | 1989 |
Nitric oxide synthesized from L-arginine regulates vascular tone in the coronary circulation of the rabbit.
Topics: Acetylcholine; Animals; Arginine; Coronary Circulation; Heart; In Vitro Techniques; Luminescent Measurements; Male; Muscle Relaxation; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Nitric Oxide; omega-N-Methylarginine; Rabbits; Superoxide Dismutase | 1989 |