Nitric oxide, prostanoid and non-NO, non-prostanoid involvement in acetylcholine relaxation of isolated human small arteries

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 184-192

  Buus, Niels H ^a   Simonsen, Ulf ^a   Pilegaard, Hans K ^b   Mulvany, Michael J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Endothelium; Human artery; Membrane potential; Nitric oxide; NO sensitive microelectrode

Indexed keywords

17 OCTADECYNOIC ACID; 1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ACETYLCHOLINE; APAMIN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHARYBDOTOXIN; CYCLIC AMP DERIVATIVE; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ECONAZOLE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; INDOMETACIN; LIPOXYGENASE; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM; PROSTANOID;

ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0033983605     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703041     Document Type: Article

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