The BK Channel: Protective or Detrimental in Genetic Hypertension?

Circulation Research

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 893-895

  Clapp, Lucie H ^a,b   Jabr, Rita I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ca2+ sparks; Electrophysiology; Hypertension; Potassium channels; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; IBERIOTOXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY TONE; BETA CHAIN; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DEPOLARIZATION; EDITORIAL; HEREDITARY HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POTASSIUM CURRENT; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT STRAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; HYPERTENSION; ION CHANNELS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0242552839     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000103309.55054.3E     Document Type: Editorial

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