Intracellular smooth muscle [Ca2+] in acetylcholine and nitric oxide-mediated relaxation of human small arteries

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 535, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 243-247

  Buus, Niels H ^a   Simonsen, Ulf ^a   Pilegaard, Hans K ^b   Mulvany, Michael J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Artery; Human; Intracellular calcium; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM; CREMOPHOR; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; INDOMETACIN; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARTERIES; CALCIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROARGININE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PENICILLAMINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33645415674     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.01.061     Document Type: Article

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