Differential oxygen sensitivity of calcium channels in rabbit smooth muscle cells of conduit and resistance pulmonary arteries

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 491, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 511-518

  Franco Obregon A ^a   Lopez Barneo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOXIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RABBIT; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030010130     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021235     Document Type: Article

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