Hyperpolarization caused by serotonin contributes to endothelium- dependent relaxations in the porcine coronary artery

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1093-1097

  Park, Seung Jung ^a   Nakashima, Mikio ^a   Nagao, Tetsuhiko ^a   Vanhoutte, Paul M ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IRIS Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier   (France)

Author keywords

Indomethacin; Ketanserin; Membrane potentials; Methiothepin; Nitric oxide; Potassium channels; Serotonin; Vascular endothelium

Indexed keywords

GLIBENCLAMIDE; INDOMETACIN; KETANSERIN TARTRATE; METITEPINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; POTASSIUM ION; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SEROTONIN CREATININE SULFATE; TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SWINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0032761991     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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