Internally applied endotoxin and the activation of BK channels in cerebral artery smooth muscle via a nitric oxide-like pathway

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-12

  Hoang, L M ^a   Mathers, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium activated potassium channel; Lipopolysaccharide; Meningitis; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BRADYKININ; CALCIUM ION; ENDOTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BRADYKININ; CELL SEPARATION; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOTOXINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031963765     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701570     Document Type: Article

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