Definition of "vasorelaxation" [vasorelaxation]

• A reduction in vascular tension (noun)

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• "A separate project in the laboratory was to study endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation and to attempt to identify the mysterious "EDRF" (endothelium derived relaxing factor) discovered three years earlier by Robert Furchgott."
• "Depletion of tissue thiols resulted in diminished vasorelaxation by nitroglycerin because nitric oxide could no longer be generated."
• "The investigators for the first time demonstrate a critical role of HSP-90 for nNOS-mediated vasorelaxation and furthermore, can provide evidence for this interaction being responsible in large parts for the well-accepted pronounced nNOS-dependent vasodilatation in portal hypertension."