Involvement of nitrosothiols, nitric oxide and voltage-gated K+ channels in photorelaxation of vascular smooth muscle

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 347, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 215-221

  Lovren, Fina ^a   Triggle, Chris R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Guanylyl cyclase; K+ channel; Nitric oxide (NO); Nitrosothiol; Photorelaxation

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; 1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 2 (4 CARBOXYPHENYL) 4,4,5,5 TETRAMETHYLIMIDAZOLINE 1 OXYL 3 OXIDE; 6 ANILINO 5,8 QUINOLINEQUINONE; CYCLIC GMP; ETACRYNIC ACID; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMERCURIBENZOIC ACID; IODOACETAMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

BENZOATES; ETHACRYNIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROXYMERCURIBENZOATES; IMIDAZOLES; LIGHT; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SODIUM IODIDE; XANTHINE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 0032562389     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00095-8     Document Type: Article

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