Carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide: Gaseous messengers in cerebrovascular circulation

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1065-1076

  Leffler, Charles W ^a,c   Parfenova, Helena ^a   Jaggar, Jonathan H ^a   Wang, Rui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Dept of Physiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ATP sensitive K+ channels; Cystathione lyase; Flow regulation; Heme oxygenase; Large conductance Ca2+ activated K+ channels

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYSTEINE; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HEME OXYGENASE 2; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; POTASSIUM ION; PROSTANOID; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; HEME OXYGENASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTERIOLE; ARTERY DILATATION; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS EXCHANGE; HYDROLYSIS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 33645817522     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00793.2005     Document Type: Review

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