Potassium does not mimic EDHF in rat mesenteric arteries

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1174-1182

  Doughty, Joanne M ^a   Boyle, John P ^b   Langton, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barium; EDHF; Gap junction; Mesenteric artery; Ouabain; Potassium; Rat

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; BARIUM ION; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; OUABAIN; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CELL LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033946196     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703412     Document Type: Article

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