Vasoregulation at the molecular level: A role for the β1 subunit of the calcium-activated potassium (BK) channel

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 78-82

  Patterson, Andrew J ^a,b   Henrie Olson, Jenifer ^a   Brenner, Robert ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; VASODILATOR AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MICE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RYANODINE RECEPTOR CALCIUM RELEASE CHANNEL; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 0036166858     PISSN: 10501738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-1738(01)00146-3     Document Type: Review

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