Ca2+ currents in cerebral artery smooth muscle cells of rat at physiological Ca2+ concentrations

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 459-472

  Rubart, Michael ^b   Patlak, Joseph B ^a   Nelson, Mark T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTERY MUSCLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0029666392     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.107.4.459     Document Type: Article

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