Contractile and relaxant effects of tetrapentylammonium ions in rat isolated mesenteric artery

Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 188-195

  Kwok, K H ^a   Chan, N W K ^a   Lau, C W ^a   Huang, Yu ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ca2+ channels; Contraction; K+ channels; Mesenteric artery (rat); Relaxation; Smooth muscle; Tetrapentylammonium

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; NIFEDIPINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; TETRAPENTYLAMMONIUM; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

15-HYDROXY-11 ALPHA,9 ALPHA-(EPOXYMETHANO)PROSTA-5,13-DIENOIC ACID; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NIFEDIPINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0031695458     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028241     Document Type: Article

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