Muscarinic - But not nicotinic - Acetylcholine receptors mediate a nitric oxide-dependent dilation in brain cortical arterioles: A possible role for the M5 receptor subtype

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 298-305

  Elhusseiny, Ahmed ^a   Hamel, Edith ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Endothelium; Intracortical microcirculation; Microvessels, human and bovine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0033969655     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-200002000-00011     Document Type: Article

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