NO/PGI2-independent vasorelaxation and the cytochrome P450 pathway in rabbit carotid artery

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 695-701

  Dong, Hui ^a   Waldron, Gareth J ^a   Galipeau, Denise ^a   Cole, William C ^a   Triggle, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Ca2+ activated K+ channels; Carotid artery; Cytochrome P450; Endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF); NO; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

6 ANILINO 5,8 QUINOLINEQUINONE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; CALCIMYCIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CYTOCHROME P450; INDOMETACIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROADIFEN; PROSTACYCLIN; TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM; APAMIN; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; ENDOTHELIUM DEPENDENT HYPERPOLARIZATION FACTOR; ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT HYPERPOLARIZATION FACTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; APAMIN; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPOPROSTENOL; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PROADIFEN; RABBITS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0030614947     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0700945     Document Type: Article

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