Increases in endothelial Ca2+ activate KCa channels and elicit EDHF-type arteriolar dilation via gap junctions

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 282, Issue 5 51-5, 2002, Pages

  Ungvari, Zoltan ^a,b   Csiszar, Anna ^a,b   Koller, Akos ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Arteriolar endothelium; Charybdotoxin; Endothelium dependent hyperpolarizing factor; Potassium channels

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; APAMIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; FURA 2; NITRIC OXIDE; PALMITOLEIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEASUREMENT; MICROFLUOROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0036084838     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00676.2001     Document Type: Article

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