A comparison of EDHF-mediated and anandamide-induced relaxations in the rat isolated mesenteric artery

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1573-1584

  White, Richard ^a   Hiley, C Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Calcium ionophore A23187; Cannabinoid receptors; Carbachol; Ciclazindol; EDHF; Endothelium; K+ channels; Mesenteric artery; Pertussis toxin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ANANDAMIDE; APAMIN; BARIUM CHLORIDE; BARIUM ION; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; CALCIMYCIN; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CARBACHOL; CHARYBDOTOXIN; CICLAZINDOL; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; IBERIOTOXIN; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; RIMONABANT; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; APAMIN; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BARIUM; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLYBURIDE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INDOLES; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; PEPTIDES; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; TOSYL COMPOUNDS; VASODILATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS, BORDETELLA;

EID: 0031448804     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701546     Document Type: Article

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