Role of potassium channels in regulation of cerebral vascular tone

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1047-1063

  Faraci, Frank M ^a   Sobey, Christopher G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CHANNEL GATING; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0031685094     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199810000-00001     Document Type: Review

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