Nitric oxide enhances Ca2+-dependent K+ channel activity in rat carotid body cells

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 443, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 671-675

  Silva, Jeane M ^a   Lewis, Deborah L ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BK channels; IK.Ca; K+ channels; Nitric oxide; NO; SNAP

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CAROTID BODY; CHELATION; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTEREOISOMER; EFFERENT NERVE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CAROTID BODY; CHELATING AGENTS; CYCLIC GMP; EGTAZIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITORS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RATS; S-NITROSO-N-ACETYLPENICILLAMINE; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 0036129803     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-001-0745-1     Document Type: Article

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