A novel approach for the determination of contractile and calcium responses of the basilar artery employing real-time confocal laser microscopy

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-86

  Hashimoto, Terumasa ^a   Ohata, Hisayuki ^a   Nobe, Koji ^a   Sakai, Yasushi ^b   Honda, Kazuo ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BUNKYO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Confocal microscopy; Contraction; Intracellular calcium; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA,BETA METHYLENEADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BASILAR ARTERY; CALCIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; VASOPRESSINS;

RATTUS;

EID: 34249724968     PISSN: 10568719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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