Conducted vasoconstriction in rat mesenteric arterioles: Role for dihydropyridine-insensitive CA2+ channels

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 2 49-2, 2001, Pages

  Gustafsson, Finn ^a   Andreasen, Ditte ^b   Salomonsson, Max ^a   Jensen, Boye L ^b   Holstein Rathlou, Niels Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ca2+ channel antagonists; L type Ca2+ channels; Mibefradil; RT PCR; T type Ca2+ channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; MIBEFRADIL; NIFEDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0034996513     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.2.h582     Document Type: Article

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