Pharmacology of the potassium channel openers

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 2 Supplement, 1995, Pages 185-193

  Edwards, Gillian ^a   Weston, Arthur H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BKCa; KATP; potassium channel openers

Indexed keywords

1 TERT BUTYL 2 CYANO 3 (3 PYRIDYL)GUANIDINE; 2 CYANO 1 (1,1 DIMETHYLPROPYL) 3 (3 PYRIDYL)GUANIDINE; 6 BROMO 8 METHYLAMINOIMIDAZO[1,2 A]PYRAZINE 2 CARBONITRILE; 8 TERT BUTYL 6,7 DIHYDRO 5 METHYLPYRROLO[3,2 E]PYRAZOLO[1,5 A]PYRIMIDINE 3 CARBONITRILE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTAZOLINE; APRIKALIM; CALCIUM; CHARYBDOTOXIN; CHLORIDE; DIAZOXIDE; FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLYCOSIDE; GUANETHIDINE; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; LEMAKALIM; MINOXIDIL; N CYANO N' (2 NITROXYETHYL) 3 PYRIDINECARBOXIMIDAMIDE; NICORANDIL; PHENTOLAMINE; PINACIDIL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CALCIUM CURRENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHOSPHORYLATION; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0029067547     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: 15737241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00878465     Document Type: Article

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