Impaired conduction of vasodilation along arterioles in connexin40- deficient mice

Circulation Research

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 649-655

  De Wit, Cor ^a   Roos, Frederik ^a   Bolz, Steffen Sebastian ^a   Kirchhoff, Susanne ^b   Krüger, Olaf ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^b   Pohl, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Bradykinin; Endothelium; Gap junctions; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BRADYKININ; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0034737654     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.86.6.649     Document Type: Article

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