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Chronic social stress increases nitric oxide-dependent vasorelaxation in normotensive rats

Interdisciplinary Toxicology
Volume 3 (2010): Issue 4 (December 2010)
By: Angelika Puzserova and  Iveta Bernatova  
Open Access
|Jan 2011

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10102-010-0049-4 | Journal eISSN: 1337-9569 | Journal ISSN: 1337-6853
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Language: English
Page range: 109 - 117
Published on: Jan 28, 2011
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Pharmacology & Toxicology, Centre of Experimental Medicine
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
ascorbic acid,
crowding,
endothelium,
social stress,
vasoconstriction
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Pharmacology, toxicology

© 2011 Angelika Puzserova, Iveta Bernatova, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Experimental Pharmacology & Toxicology, Centre of Experimental Medicine
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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