Testosterone deprivation by castration impairs expression of voltage-dependent potassium channels in rat aorta

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 593, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 87-91

  Zhou, Ping ^a   Fu, Lu ^a   Pan, Zhenwei ^a   Ma, Dan ^a   Zhang, Yina ^a   Qu, Fan ^b   Guo, Lei ^a   Cao, Junxian ^a   Gao, Qianping ^a   Han, Ying ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Patch clamp; Testosterone deprivation; Vasoconstriction; Voltage dependent potassium channel

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.5; TESTOSTERONE; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; AORTA; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SEPARATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; ORCHIECTOMY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RATS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 49749117061     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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