Junctional and nonjunctional effects of heptanol and glycyrrhetinic acid derivates in rat mesenteric small arteries

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 961-972

  Matchkov, Vladimir V ^a   Rahman, Awahan ^a   Peng, Hongli ^a   Nilsson, Holger ^a   Aalkjær, Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ca 2+ i; Gap junctions; Glycyrrhetinic acid; Heptanol; Ion current; Membrane potential; Smooth muscle; Vasomotion

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HEPTANOL; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HEPTANOL; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 3843061386     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705870     Document Type: Article

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