Influence of chronic hypoxia on the contributions of non-inactivating and delayed rectifier K currents to the resting potential and tone of rat pulmonary artery smooth muscle

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1335-1337

  Osipenko, O N ^a   Alexander, D ^b   MacLean, M R ^b   Gurney, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4 Aminopyridine; Arterial myocyte; Chronic hypoxia; Delayed rectifier; Depolarization; K channel; K(V); Non inactivating K current; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOXIA; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; DELAYED RECTIFIER POTASSIUM CHANNELS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PULMONARY ARTERY; RATS;

EID: 0031855521     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702006     Document Type: Article

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