Charybdotoxin and apamin block EDHF in rat mesenteric artery if selectively applied to the endothelium

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 3 45-3, 1999, Pages

  Doughty, Joanne M ^a   Plane, Frances ^a   Langton, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor; Potassium; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHARYBDOTOXIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0032955699     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.3.h1107     Document Type: Article

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