Expression and function of neuronal nicotinic ACh receptors in rat microvascular endothelial cells

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 2 55-2, 2004, Pages

  Moccia, F ^a,b   Frost, C ^a   Berra Romani, R ^b   Tanzi, F ^b   Adams, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine evoked current; Intracellular calcium; Microvascular endothelium; mRNA expression; Nicotinic receptor subunits

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; EPIBATIDINE; FURA 2; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM ION; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENETIC CODE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROVASCULATURE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SODIUM CURRENT;

EID: 0942265672     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00620.2003     Document Type: Article

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