Dual effect of external Ca2+ on noradrenaline-activated cation current in rabbit portal vein smooth muscle cells

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 492, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-88

  Helliwell, R M ^a   Large, W A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ION CURRENT; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANIONS; CALCIUM; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; EGTAZIC ACID; ION CHANNELS; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NOREPINEPHRINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PORTAL VEIN; RABBITS;

EID: 0029864276     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021290     Document Type: Article

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