Inward rectifier potassium channels in the rat middle cerebral artery

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 2 43-2, 1998, Pages

  Johnson, T David ^a   Marrelli, Sean P ^a   Steenberg, Marie L ^a   Childres, William F ^a   Bryan Jr , Robert M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilation; In vitro; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; BARIUM CHLORIDE; CESIUM CHLORIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM; BARIUM DERIVATIVE; CESIUM; CHLORIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISOLATED ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN ARTERY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CESIUM; CHLORIDES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 0031887645     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.2.r541     Document Type: Article

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