Role of gap junctions in the responses to EDHF in rat and guinea-pig small arteries

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1788-1794

  Edwards, G ^a   Feletou M ^b   Gardener, M J ^a   Thollon, C ^b   Vanhoutte, P M ^c   Weston, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SERVIER   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

Author keywords

1 EBIO; Carbenoxolone; Carotid artery; EDHF; Endothelial cell; Gap 27; Gap junctions; Hepatic artery; Mesenteric artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBENOXOLONE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; LEMAKALIM; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; GUINEA PIG; HEPATIC ARTERY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0343593692     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703009     Document Type: Article

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