Inhibitors of gap junctions attenuate myogenic tone in cerebral arteries

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 283, Issue 6 52-6, 2002, Pages

  Lagaud, Guy ^a   Karicheti, Venkateswarlu ^b   Knot, Harm J ^c   Christ, George J ^a,b   Laher, Ismail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycyrrhetinic acid; Heptanol; Resistance arteries; Vascular smooth muscle; Vasopressin and depolarization

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HEPTANOL; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0036889523     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00605.2001     Document Type: Article

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