Changes in cytosolic C(A)2+ measured by use of FURA-2 and contraction produced by quick stretch and various stimulants in canine cerebral artery

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-92

  Tanaka, Yoshio ^a   Nakayama, Koichi ^a   Shigenobu, Koki ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL AFFECTING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; ENDOTHELIN 1; FURA 2; SEROTONIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DOG; FEMALE; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYTOSOL; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CYTOSOL; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FURA-2; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0032217302     PISSN: 10780297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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