Potassium ions as vasodilators: Role of inward rectifier potassium channels

Circulation Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 132-133

  Eckman, Delrae M ^a   Nelson, Mark T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent arteriole; Kidney; Potassium channels; Renal arterioles

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

BRAIN CIRCULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HYPERPOLARIZATION; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0035793328     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.88.2.132     Document Type: Review

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