Oxygen induces electromechanical coupling in arteriolar smooth muscle cells: A role for L-type Ca2+ channels

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 6 43-6, 1998, Pages

  Welsh, Donald G ^a   Jackson, William F ^a,b   Segal, Steven S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriole; Blood flow control; Membrane potential; Microcirculation; Oxygen reactivity; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HAMSTER; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 33750888547     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.6.h2018     Document Type: Article

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