Expression of muscarinic receptor genes in the human coronary artery

Angiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 295-300

  Niihashi, Mari ^a   Esumi, Mariko ^a   Kusumi, Yoshiaki ^a   Sato, Yutaka ^a   Sakurai, Isamu ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M3 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M4 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0033997350     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970005100404     Document Type: Article

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