vasoactive
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of vasoactive
Example Sentences
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On the other hand, these drugs increase the concentration of the vasoactive signaling substance bradykinin.
From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2024
The researchers narrowed it down to a hormone called vasoactive intestinal peptide, or VIP.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022
Vascular diameter responses can propagate between adjacent pericytes, but it is not yet known whether arterioles receive a signal to dilate from pericytes, or from vasoactive messengers which reach arterioles later than they reach pericytes.
From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014
A granulocyte contains cytoplasmic granules, which in turn contain a variety of vasoactive mediators such as histamine.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Among these compounds, as National Institutes of Health researcher Dr. Karin Nelson and her colleagues reported last year, is a potent molecule known as vasoactive intestinal peptide.
From Time Magazine Archive
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