Responsiveness of cytosolic free calcium concentration in cultured rat pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells: Confocal microscopic measurement

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-52

  Li, Z ^a   Zhang, Q ^d   Zhao, S ^d   Wei, M ^d   Shenghui, Z ^d   Cong, H ^d   Ouda, H ^b   Odajima, K ^b   Takemura, H ^c  

^a China Medical College   (China)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CAFFEINE; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSOL; LUNG; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NOREPINEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN;

EID: 0030854863     PISSN: 10780297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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