Vasorelaxing effect of the Rho-kinase inhibitor, Y-27632, in isolated canine basilar arteries

Neurological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 485-489

  Hashiba, Yasuhiro ^a   Tosaka, Masahiko ^a   Saito, Nobuhito ^a   Imai, Hideaki ^a   Shimizu, Tatsuya ^a   Sasaki, Tomio ^a,b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral artery; Rho kinase; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

12 DEOXYPHORBOL 13 ISOBUTYRATE; 4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; CALCIUM; FURA 2; GLYCEROL; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; POTASSIUM ION; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; RHO KINASE; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; SPASMOGEN; SPHINGOSYLPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; STAUROSPORINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG SELECTIVITY; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VASODILATATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; BASILAR ARTERY; CALCIUM; DINOPROST; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PYRIDINES; SPHINGOSINE; VASODILATION;

EID: 34548189197     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164107X164076     Document Type: Article

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