Characterization of nitric oxide- and prostaglandin-independent relaxation in response to acetylcholine in rabbit renal artery

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 790-796

  Kagota, Satomi ^a   Yamaguchi, Yu ^a   Nakamura, Kazuki ^a   Kunitomo, Masaru ^a  

^a MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Bioassay method; Endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor; Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid; Myoendothelial junction; Rabbit renal artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; APAMIN; CALCIUM; CHARYBDOTOXIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CYTOCHROME P450 INHIBITOR; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; IBERIOTOXIN; ICOSATRIENOIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PROADIFEN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RENAL ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GAP JUNCTIONS; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PROSTAGLANDINS; RABBITS; RENAL ARTERY; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032867540     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.1999.03123.x     Document Type: Article

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