Effects of L-arginine on spontaneous contraction of the rat portal vein

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 446, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-35

  Shimamura, Keiichi ^a   Zhou, Ming ^a   Toba, Miyuki ^a   Kimura, Shinichi ^a   Higuchi, Takashiro ^a   Kawaguchi, Hideaki ^b   Sekiguchi, Fumiko ^c   Sunano, Satoru ^c  

^a HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contraction; Intracellular free calcium concentration; L Arginine; Membrane potential; Portal vein; Rat; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARGININE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; FLUORESCENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VENOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0038297694     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-003-1007-1     Document Type: Article

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