Release of 5-hydroxytryptamine by hypoxia from epithelioid cells of chicken thoracic aorta

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 799-801

  Ito, Shigeo ^a   Ohta, Toshio ^a   Nakazato, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 HT release; 5 HT containing cells; Aortic body; Chemoreceptor; Chick; Epithelioid cells; Hypercapnia; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; NIFEDIPINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CAROTID BODY; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIOID CELL; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; THORACIC AORTA;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CELL HYPOXIA; CHEMORECEPTORS; CHICKENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EPITHELIOID CELLS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; NIFEDIPINE; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; PEPTIDES; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0030777907     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701489     Document Type: Article

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