Potassium channels and human corporeal smooth muscle cell tone: Further evidence of the physiological relevance of the Maxi-K channel subtype to the regulation of human corporeal smooth muscle tone in vitro

Journal of Urology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2628-2635

  Spektor, Mariya ^a   Rodriguez, Ramon ^a   Rosenbaum, Raymond S ^a   Wang, Hong Zang ^a   Melman, Arnold ^a   Christ, George J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Impotence; Muscle, smooth; Penis; Potassium blockers; Potassium channels

Indexed keywords

1 (2 HYDROXY 5 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYL) 5 TRIFLUOROMETHYL 2(3H) BENZIMIDAZOLONE; CHARYBDOTOXIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TETRYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0036093105     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)65049-5     Document Type: Article

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