Selectivity of ω-conotoxin GVIA for N-type calcium channels in rat isolated small mesenteric arteries

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-21

  Whorlow, Sarah L ^a   Angus, James A ^a   Wright, Christine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

N type calcium channels; Rat mesenteric arteries; Sympathetic neurotransmission; conotoxin GVIA

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; FELODIPINE; NORADRENALIN; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; RAT; TIME; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FELODIPINE; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; NOREPINEPHRINE; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029691049     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1996.tb03056.x     Document Type: Article

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