Vasodilatory mechanism of levobunolol on vascular smooth muscle cells

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1039-1046

  Dong, Yaru ^a,c   Ishikawa, Hitoshi ^b   Wu, Yazhen ^c   Yoshitomi, Takeshi ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ca2+ channel; Ca2+ sensitivity; fura 2; levobunolol; relaxation; vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ENDOTHELIN 1; HISTAMINE; LEVOBUNOLOL; MEPYRAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM; RADIOLIGAND;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA MEDIA; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CILIARY ARTERY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CILIARY ARTERIES; DILTIAZEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LEVOBUNOLOL; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHENYLEPHRINE; RABBITS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 34248667600     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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