ACh-induced relaxations of rabbit small mesenteric arteries: Role of arachidonic acid metabolites and K+

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Zhang, David X ^a   Gauthier, Kathryn M ^a   Chawengsub, Yuttana ^a   Campbell, William B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor; Lipoxygenase; Potassium channels

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; APAMIN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BARIUM; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; INDOMETACIN; LIPOXYGENASE; N(G) NITROARGININE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM ION;

ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; MESENTERIC ARTERY; METABOLITE; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STIMULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WHOLE CELL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RABBITS; VASODILATION;

EID: 34547112024     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00268.2006     Document Type: Article

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