Endothelial [Ca2+]i is an integrating signal for the vascular tone in rat aortae

BMC Physiology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-8

  Huang, Tung Yi ^a   Chen, Hsiun Ing ^a   Liu, Chin Yen ^a   Jen, Chauying J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM ION; IONOMYCIN; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECORDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 3042841956     PISSN: 14726793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6793-1-1     Document Type: Article

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