Characterization and function of Ca2+ -activated K+ channels in arteriolar muscle cells

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 1 43-1, 1998, Pages

  Jackson, William F ^a   Blair, Kevin L ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium ions; Cremaster muscle; Hamster; Iberiotexin; Microcirculation; Norepinephrine; Oxygen; Patch clamp; Skeletal muscle; Tetraethylammonium; Vascular smooth muscle; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; IBERIOTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREMASTER MUSCLE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 0031914082     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.1.h27     Document Type: Article

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