C2-ceramide attenuates prostaglandin F(2α)-induced vasoconstriction and elevation of [Ca2+](i) in canine cerebral vascular smooth muscle

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-116

  Zheng, Tao ^a   Li, Wenyan ^a   Altura, Bella T ^a,b   Altura, Burton M ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Cerebral vascular smooth muscle cells; Intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ( Ca2+ (i)); Prostaglandin F(2 )

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CALCIUM ION; CERAMIDE; CIMETIDINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; METHYSERGIDE MALEATE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROPRANOLOL; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SPHINGOLIPID; CALCIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FURA 2; N ACETYLSPHINGOSINE; N-ACETYLSPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DOG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; DINOPROST; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FURA-2; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHINGOSINE; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0032491312     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00766-6     Document Type: Article

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