Studies on the effects of anandamide in rat hepatic artery

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1679-1686

  Zygmunt, Peter M ^a   Högestätt, Edward D ^b   Waldeck, Kristian ^b   Edwards, Gillian ^a   Kirkup, Anthony J ^c   Weston, Arthur H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Arteries, hepatic; Endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF); Intracellular calcium; Potassium currents; Smooth muscle cells; Spontaneous transient outward currents

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANANDAMIDE; APAMIN; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAFFEINE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; IBERIOTOXIN; INDOMETACIN; LEMAKALIM; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; RIMONABANT; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; APAMIN; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PIPERIDINES; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; POTASSIUM; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASODILATION;

EID: 0031463482     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701601     Document Type: Article

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