Inhibitory effect of 4-aminopyridine on responses of the basilar artery to nitric oxide

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1437-1443

  Sobey, Christopher G ^a   Faraci, Frank M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

4 Aminopyridine; Cerebral artery; Cyclic GMP; Delayed rectifier K+ channels; Nitric oxide; ODQ; Soluble guanylate cyclase; Vasodilatation; Voltage dependent K+ channels

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; ACETYLCHOLINE; CROMAKALIM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OXADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PAPAVERINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033002989     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702439     Document Type: Article

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