Nitroblue tetrazolium blocks BK channels in cerebrovascular smooth muscle cell membranes

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1035-1041

  Ye, D ^a   Pospisilik, J A ^a   Mathers, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BK channel; Cerebral artery; Channel blocker; Endothelium; Nitric oxide synthase; Nitroblue tetrazolium; Patch clamp; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ION CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CYTOPLASM; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0034092827     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703143     Document Type: Article

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