Calcium transients in astrocyte endfeet cause cerebrovascular constrictions

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7005, 2004, Pages 195-199

  Mulligan, Sean J ^a   MacVicar, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN; ENZYMES; HEMODYNAMICS; NEUROLOGY; PHOTONS;

ADRENALINE; BRAIN ACTIVATION; CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW (CBF); NEUROTRANSMITTERS;

CELLS;

20 HYDROXYICOSATETRAENOIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; EDETIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HET 0016; N HYDROXY N' (4 BUTYL 2 METHYLPHENYL)FORMAMIDINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MEDICINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ARTERIOLES; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EGTAZIC ACID; HYDROXYEICOSATETRAENOIC ACIDS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NOREPINEPHRINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTONS; RATS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4544222190     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02827     Document Type: Article

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