Ca2+ influx mediates enhanced α2-adrenergic contraction in aortas from rats treated with NOS inhibitor

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 281, Issue 5 50-5, 2001, Pages

  Mukundan, Harshini ^a,b   Kanagy, Nancy L ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; L type voltage dependent calcium channels; N nitro L arginine; Nifedipine; UK 14304; Vascular smooth muscle cells; 2 adrenergic receptor

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BRIMONIDINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION;

3-PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,4-DIHYDRO-2,6-DIMETHYL-5-NITRO-4-(2-(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL)-, METHYL ESTER; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0035196071     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.281.5.h2233     Document Type: Article

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