Age-related changes in response of brain stem vessels to opening of ATP-sensitive potassium channels

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 171-175

  Toyoda, Kazunori ^a,b   Fujii, Kenichiro ^b   Takata, Yutaka ^a   Ibayashi, Setsuro ^b   Kitazono, Takanari ^b   Nagao, Tetsuhiko ^b   Fujikawa, Megumi ^a   Fujishima, Masatoshi ^b  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aging; basilar artery; cerebral arteries; rats; vasodilation

Indexed keywords

LEMAKALIM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031033933     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.1.171     Document Type: Article

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