Developmental changes in myoendothelial gap junction mediated vasodilator activity in the rat saphenous artery

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 556, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 875-886

  Sandow, Shaun L ^a,b   Goto, Kenichi ^c   Rummery, Nicole M ^c   Hill, Caryl E ^c  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

14,15 EPOXY 5,8,11 ICOSATRIENOIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; APAMIN; BARIUM; CATALASE; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; ICOSANOID; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; OUABAIN; POTASSIUM ION; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROTEIN GAP26; PROTEIN GAP27; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1 [(2 CHLOROPHENYL)DIPHENYLMETHYL] 1H PYRAZOLE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMORAL ARTERY; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UPREGULATION; ADULT; ARTERY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MYOENDOTHELIAL GAP JUNCTION; SAPHENOUS ARTERY; VASODILATATION; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

8,11,14-EICOSATRIENOIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; APAMIN; ARTERIES; BARIUM; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CATALASE; CHARYBDOTOXIN; CONNEXINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMORAL ARTERY; GAP JUNCTIONS; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; OUABAIN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHENYLEPHRINE; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; VASODILATION;

EID: 2442711422     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.058669     Document Type: Article

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