Regulation of arteriolar tonus and EDRF
Damas, J.
Annales de Cardiologie et d'Angeiologie 41(5): A31-A34
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-3928 PMID: 1416762 Document Number: 404009
The physiological significance of the release of NO by endothelial cells was discussed according to the effects of inhibitors of NO formation and to the observations of Mellander et al. on the reactivity of resistance vessels in cat skeletal muscle. Whole results indicate that NO continually takes patent arteries and decreases systemic resistances. However, NO has minimal effects on the arteriolar side of the vascular tree.