Effects of K+ channel blockers and nitric oxide on the electrical and contractile activities of smooth muscles of the rabbit main pulmonary artery

Neurophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 281-288

  Telezhkin, V S ^a   Tsvilovskii, V V ^a   Dyskina, Yu B ^b   Davydovskaya, N V ^c   Shuba, M F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV   (Ukraine)

^c TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

4 Aminopyridine; Potassium channels; Pulmonary artery; Resting membrane potential; Smooth muscles; Tetraethylammonium

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SUCROSE; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY ARTERY; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; TETANY;

EID: 0035737254     PISSN: 00902977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014327728657     Document Type: Article

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