Electrical activity underlying rhythmic contraction in human pial arteries

Circulation Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 148-153

  Gokina, Natalia I ^a   Bevan, Rosemary D ^b   Walters, Carrie L ^c   Bevan, John A ^b,d  

^a BOGOMOLETZ INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Neurological Surgeons   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

action potential; Ca2+ channel; human cerebral arteries; membrane potential; vasomotion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; NIFEDIPINE;

ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PIA ARTERY; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0030046756     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.78.1.148     Document Type: Article

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