Exposure of piglet coronary arterial muscle cells to low alcohol results in elevation of intracellular free Ca2+: Relevance to fetal alcohol syndrome

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 314, Issue 3, 1996, Pages

  Altura, Burton M ^a,b   Zhang, Aimin ^a   Cheng, Toni P O ^a   Altura, Bella T ^a,b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+, cytosolic, free; Digital image analysis; Fetal alcohol syndrolne

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DOSE RESPONSE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CORONARY VASOSPASM; CORONARY VESSELS; ETHANOL; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETAL HYPOXIA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SWINE;

EID: 0030608362     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(96)00739-X     Document Type: Article

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