Mechanisms of cerebral vasodilation by superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, and peroxynitrite

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 3 40-3, 1996, Pages

  Wei, Enoch P ^b   Kontos, Hermes A ^a   Beckman, Joseph S ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

adenosine 5' triphosphate sensitive potassium channels; calcium activated potassium channels; cerebral microcirculation; oxidant stress; oxygen radicals

Indexed keywords

6 ANILINO 5,8 QUINOLINEQUINONE; CATALASE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRITE; OXYGEN RADICAL; PEROXYNITRITE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SUPEROXIDE; TETRYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33750691081     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.271.3.h1262     Document Type: Article

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