Activation by levcromakalim and metabolic inhibition of glibenclamide-sensitive K channels in smooth muscle cells of pig proximal urethra

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 635-642

  Teramoto, Noriyoshi ^a   Brading, Alison F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanide; Glibenclamide; Iberiotoxin; Levcromakalim; Potassium channel opener; Potassium channels; Resting membrane potential; Urethral; Urethral resting tone

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; LEMAKALIM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; METABOLIC INHIBITION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SWINE; URETHRA;

EID: 0029943434     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15448.x     Document Type: Article

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