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Vasodilation

Known as: Vasorelaxation, peripheral vasodilation, Vasodilatation 
An increase in the internal diameter of blood vessels, especially arterioles or capillaries, usually resulting in a decrease in blood pressure. [ISBN… 
National Institutes of Health

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ACE geneACE protein, humanACE wt AlleleADM gene

Broader (3)

Vascular Diseasesheart functionvasomotion

Narrower (2)

Vascular Endothelium-Dependent Relaxationrelaxation of vascular smooth muscle

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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Impairment of endothelium-dependent relaxation of rabbit aortas by cigarette smoke extract--role of free radicals and attenuation by captopril.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Human α‐calcitonin gene‐related peptide stimulates adenylate cyclase and guanylate cyclase and relaxes rat thoracic aorta by releasing nitric oxide
1 The signal transduction pathway for vasorelaxation induced by human α‐calcitonin gene‐related peptide (human α‐CGRP) was… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Impairment of endothelium-dependent responses of cerebral arterioles in chronic hypertension.
The goal of this study was to determine whether endothelium-dependent responses are impaired in the cerebral microcirculation of… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Opioid control of the function of primary afferent substance P fibres.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Co-existence of peptide HI (PHI) and VIP in nerves regulating blood flow and bronchial smooth muscle tone in various mammals including man
Review
1982
Review
1982
Dopamine and the kidney.
It would seem established beyond peradventure that dopamine is formed in the kidney from circulating L-dopa. The likely site… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Blood flow in the calf muscle of man during heavy rhythmic exercise.
133Xenon clearance was recorded during maximal vasodilatation in the calf muscles of trained subjects during rest and during… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Inhibition of Coronary Vasodilating Action of Dipyridamole and Adenosine by Aminophylline in the Dog
Experiments were performed to determine (1) whether intravenously administered aminophylline inhibits the coronary vasodilating… 
Highly Cited
1949
Highly Cited
1949
Physiological salt solutions for brain surgery; studies of local pH and pial vessel reactions to buffered and unbuffered isotonic solutions.
I T IS common experience that simple exposure of the pia-arachnoid surface of the cerebral cortex during prolonged neurosurgical… 
Highly Cited
1932
Highly Cited
1932
VASODILATATION IN THE LOWER EXTREMITIES IN RESPONSE TO IMMERSING THE FOREARMS IN WARM WATER.
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