Anandamide-induced vasorelaxation in rabbit aortic rings has two components: G protein dependent and independent

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 282, Issue 6 51-6, 2002, Pages

  Mukhopadhyay, Somnath ^a   Chapnick, Barry M ^a   Howlett, Allyn C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid receptors; Endothelium; Nitric oxide; Pertussis toxin; Vanilloid receptors

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; ANANDAMIDE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE RECEPTOR; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE[8-37]; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CAPSAZEPINE; DEACETYLLEVONANTRADOL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; METHANANDAMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; RIMONABANT; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0036080330     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00497.2001     Document Type: Article

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