Relative contributions of extracellular Ca2+ and Ca2+ stores to smooth muscle contraction in arteries and arterioles of rat, guinea-pig, dog and rabbit

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 310-316

  Low, A M ^a   Kotecha, N ^b   Neild, T O ^b,c   Kwan, C Y ^a,d   Daniel, E E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cyclopiazonic acid; Ryanodine; Thapsigargin; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; PHENYLEPHRINE; RYANODINE; THAPSIGARGIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ARTERIOLES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; INDOLES; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHENYLEPHRINE; RABBITS; RATS; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TERPENES; THAPSIGARGIN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0029891848     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1996.tb02829.x     Document Type: Article

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