Sites and ionic mechanisms of hypoxic vasoconstriction in frog skin

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 5 49-5, 2001, Pages

  Malvin, Gary M ^b   Walker, Benjimen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amphibia; Cutaneous blood flow; Cutaneous respiration; Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; FROG; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VENULE;

EID: 0035041601     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.280.5.r1308     Document Type: Article

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