Endothelium-smooth muscle interactions in blood vessels

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 989-992

  Van Breemen, Cornelis ^a   Skarsgard, Peter ^a   Laher, Issy ^a   McManus, Bruce ^a   Wang, Xiaodong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cardiac transplant arteriopathy; Endoplasmic reticulum; Endothelkium; Nitric oxide; Sarcoplasmic reticulum; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

EID: 0030734837     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1997.tb02737.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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