title: [Smooth muscle function of the portal vein in spontaneously hypertensive rats].
abstract: Increased contractility and adrenoreactivity of the portal vein smooth muscles were revealed in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) only at the early stage of the disease. In stable hypertension the changes were milder both at the early and chronic stages. Portal vein smooth muscles were capable of contracting in low-calcium medium, which suggests a membrane defect in the smooth muscles of animals with arterial hypertension.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR / Q000502:physiology*; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains / Q000502:physiology*; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY
chemical_list: D009638:Norepinephrine
vernacular_title: Funktsional'noe sostoianie gladkikh myshts vorotnoĭ veny u spontanno gipertenzivnykh krys.