Potassium (BKCa) currents are reduced in microvascular smooth muscle cells from insulin-resistant rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 282, Issue 3 51-3, 2002, Pages

  Dimitropoulou, Christiana ^a   Han, Guichun ^b   Miller, Allison W ^c   Molero, Mariela ^a   Fuchs, Leslie C ^b   White, Richard E ^a   Carrier, Gerald O ^c  

^a Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology ^*  (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Potassium channels

Indexed keywords

1 (2 HYDROXY 5 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYL) 5 TRIFLUOROMETHYL 2(3H) BENZIMIDAZOLONE; IBERIOTOXIN; INSULIN; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPOLARIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0036087481     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00382.2001     Document Type: Article

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