Testosterone relaxes coronary arteries by opening the large-conductance, calcium-activated potassium channel

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 281, Issue 4 50-4, 2001, Pages

  Deenadayalu, V P ^a   White, R E ^a   Stallone, J N ^a   Gao, X ^a   Garcia, A J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Ion channel; Steroid; Vascular; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CYCLIC GMP; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONDUCTANCE; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034786038     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.281.4.h1720     Document Type: Article

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