Gender differences in effects of pinacidil but not diazoxide on heart automatism in the isolated guinea pig right atria

Polish Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 419-424

  Kocić, Ivan ^a   Gruchała, Marta ^a   Petrusewicz, Jacek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

ATP sensitive K+ channels; Diazoxide; Gender differences; Guinea pig; Heart rate; Pinacidil

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYDECANOIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DIAZOXIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; PINACIDIL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; IC 50; INOTROPISM; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SARCOLEMMA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; DEPRESSION, CHEMICAL; DIAZOXIDE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; MALE; PINACIDIL; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0042531946     PISSN: 12306002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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