Contractile responses of the human umbilical artery to KCl and serotonin in Ca-free medium and the effects of levcromakalim

Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1321-1329

  Tufan, Hale ^a   Ayan Polat, Belgin ^b   Tecder Ünal, Müge ^a   Polat, Gurur ^c   Kayhan, Zeynep ^a   Öǧüş, Ersin ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ZTB Maternity Hospital   (Turkey)

^c City Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Ca free; Potassium; Potassium channel; Umbilical artery; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EGTAZIC ACID; INDOMETACIN; LEMAKALIM; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN;

ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UMBILICAL ARTERY; UMBILICAL CORD; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENTS; CROMAKALIM; EGTAZIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN; SOLUTIONS; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0037422936     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(02)02382-2     Document Type: Article

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