Transduction mechanisms involved in the regulation of myogenic activity

Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1096-1105

  D’Angelo, Gerard ^a   Meininger, Gerald A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeostasis; Muscle; Smooth; Vascular; Vascular resistance; Vasomotor system

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; CYCLIC AMP; FELODIPINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN KINASE C; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; MECHANORECEPTOR; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STRETCH RECEPTOR; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0028359334     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.23.6.1096     Document Type: Article

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