Central role of heterocellular gap junctional communication in endothelium-dependent relaxations of rabbit arteries

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 508, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 561-573

  Chaytor, A T ^a   Evans, W H ^a   Griffith, T M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; SUBSTANCE P; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDOMETACIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENDOTHELIUM; GAP JUNCTION; RELAXATION TIME;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GAP JUNCTIONS; INDOLES; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHENYLEPHRINE; RABBITS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032522387     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.561bq.x     Document Type: Article

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