Oxygen-induced constriction of rabbit ductus arteriosus occurs via inhibition of a 4-aminopyridine-, voltage-sensitive potassium channel

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1959-1965

  Tristani Firouzi, Martin ^b   Reeve, Helen L ^b   Tolarova, Simona ^b   Weir, E Kenneth ^a   Archer, Stephen L ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium; fetal physiology; ion channels; oxygen sensing; vascular tone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; ENDOTHELIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; LUNG CIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029858677     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118999     Document Type: Article

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