Differential regulation of L-type Ca2+ channels in cerebral and mesenteric arteries after simulated microgravity in rats and its intervention by standing

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Xue, Jun Hui ^a   Zhang, Li Fan ^a   Jin, Ma ^a   Xie, Man Jiang ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium channels; Countermeasure; Hindlimb unloading; Intermittent artificial gravity; Postflight cardiovascular deconditioning; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MICROGRAVITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIMULATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STANDING; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHOLE CELL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; POSTURE; RATS; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 34547108825     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01229.2006     Document Type: Article

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