Role of endothelium in regulation of smooth muscle membrane potential and tone in the rabbit middle cerebral artery

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1315-1322

  Yamakawa, Nobutaka ^a,b   Ohhashi, Masuo ^a   Waga, Shiro ^b   Itoh, Takeo ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cerebral vessels; Endothelium; Endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF); Endothelium derived relaxing factor (EDRF); Histamine; Smooth muscle pharmacology; Smooth muscle physiology

Indexed keywords

9,11 EPITHIO 11,12 METHANOTHROMBOXANE A2; ACETYLCHOLINE; APAMIN; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HISTAMINE; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM ION; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HISTAMINE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROARGININE; POTASSIUM; RABBITS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030807561     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701285     Document Type: Article

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