Gap junction uncouplers attenuate arteriolar response to distal capillary stimuli

Microvascular Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 162-168

  Yu, Jingcheng ^a   Bihari, Aurelia ^a   Lidington, Darcy ^a   Tyml, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

18 glycyrrhetinic acid; Blood flow; Halothane; Modulation of arteriolar function; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HALOTHANE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; GAP JUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033960373     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mvre.1999.2192     Document Type: Article

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