Changes in extracellular pH mediate the chronotropic responses to L- arginine

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 712-720

  Musialek, Piotr ^a,b   Paterson, David J ^b   Casadei, Barbara ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronotropic agents; Heart rate; L Arginine; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALKALINIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL PH; CHRONOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GUINEA PIG; HEART RATE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ERYTHROCYTES; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GUINEA PIGS; HEART RATE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOMERISM; LYSINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PERFUSION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0033566866     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00083-8     Document Type: Article

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