Population
Isolated ring segments of rat mesenteric and femoral arteries
Comparison
Removal of the endothelium vs Intact endothelium
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Endothelium may selectively modulate NA- but not 5-HT-mediated neurogenic tone in animal vessels; leaves open translation to human vasoregulation.
Endothelial cells regulate neurogenic vasoconstriction mediated by noradrenaline by releasing endothelium-derived relaxing factor, but do not affect the response to neuronally released 5-HT.
Urabe et al. (1991) studied this question.
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