Role of membrane potential in endothelium-dependent relaxation of isolated mouse main pulmonary artery

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 501-507

  Tolsa, Jean Francoise ^a   Marino, Mathieu ^b   Peyter, Anne Christine ^a   Beny, Jean Louis ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; EDHF; Membrane potential; Mouse; NO; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DYE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LUCIFER YELLOW; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LUNG CIRCULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PULMONARY ARTERY; VASODILATION;

EID: 33748129483     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.fjc.0000211742.86078.8b     Document Type: Article

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