Misinterpretation of the effect of amlodipine on cytosolic calcium concentration with fura-2 fluorospectrometry

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 377, Issue 4-6, 2008, Pages 423-427

  Asai, Masayoshi ^a   Takeuchi, Kazuhiko ^a   Uchida, Shinya ^b   Urushida, Tsuyoshi ^a   Katoh, Hideki ^a   Satoh, Hiroshi ^a   Yamada, Shizuo ^b   Hayashi, Hideharu ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amlodipine; Calcium imaging; Fluorescence; Fura 2; Rhod 2

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; FURA 2; NICARDIPINE; NIFEDIPINE; THAPSIGARGIN; VERAPAMIL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUOROMETRY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN;

AMLODIPINE; ANIMALS; AORTA; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FURA-2; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 3-RING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SWINE;

EID: 45849103864     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00210-007-0243-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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