Nitroglycerin relaxes rat tail artery primarily by lowering Ca2+ sensitivity and partially by repolarization

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

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

  Chen, Xiao Liang ^a   Rembold, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium ion concentration; depolarization; fura 2; membrane potential; phenylephrine; vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

FURA 2; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 33750742335     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.271.3.h962     Document Type: Article

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