Direct activation of endothelial NO pathway by Ba2+ in canine coronary artery

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1149-1158

  Yamazaki, Jun ^a,b   Sato, Kazuo ^a   Ohara, Fumihiro ^a   Nagao, Taku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barium; Calcium; Coronary artery; Endothelium; Fura 2; Nitric oxide; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ION; BRADYKININ; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; DILTIAZEM; FURA 2; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM ION; THAPSIGARGIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DOG; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUOROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TACHYPHYLAXIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CORONARY VESSELS; DOGS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FURA-2; ION TRANSPORT; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NITRIC OXIDE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0031875997     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701948     Document Type: Article

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