Interaction between the L-type Ca2+ channel and the Ca2+-activated K+ channel in the fluctuating myogenic contraction in the rabbit basilar artery

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 353-356

  Omote, Masayuki ^a   Mizusawa, Hideo ^a,b  

^a Marion Merrell Dow   (Japan)

^b Nippon Hoechst Marion Roussel   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+ activated K+ channel; Fluctuating myogenic contraction; L type Ca2+ channel

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CHARYBDOTOXIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; INDOMETACIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NIFEDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROPRANOLOL; PROSTANOID; SUBSTANCE P; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; ION CURRENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

EID: 0029908437     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.46.353     Document Type: Article

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