Intracranial-Extracranial Differences in the Ca2+ Sensitivity of Rabbit Arteries

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-82

  Akopov, S E ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Pearce, W J ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CALCIUM ION; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); MALE; RABBITS; SEROTONIN; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0031024281     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-214-44072     Document Type: Article

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