An inward rectifier and a voltage-dependent K+ current in single, cultured pericytes from bovine heart

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 569-578

  Von Beckerath, Nicolas ^a   Nees, Stefan ^b   Neumann, Franz Josef ^a   Krebs, Bjarne ^a   Juchem, Gerd ^b   Schömig, Albert ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary circulation; Endothelial function; K channel; Membrane potential; Microcirculation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERICYTES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VENULES;

EID: 0034080927     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(00)00055-9     Document Type: Article

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