Effects of ouabain on vascular reactivity
Ouabain is an endogenous substance occurring in the plasma in the nanomolar range, that has been proposed to increase vascular resistance and induce hypertension. This substance acts on the<FONT FACE="Symbol"> a</font>-subunit of Na+,K+-ATPase inhibiting the Na+-pump activity....
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Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
1997-04-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1997000400016 |