The role of L- and T-type calcium channels in local and remote calcium responses in rat mesenteric terminal arterioles

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-151

  Braunstein, Thomas Hartig ^a   Inoue, Ryuji ^b   Cribbs, Leanne ^d   Oike, Masahiro ^c   Ito, Yushi ^c   Holstein Rathlou, Niels Henrik ^a   Jensen, Lars Jørn ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ channels; Conducted vascular responses; Endothelium; Gap junctions; Intercellular communication; Vascular smooth muscles

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; CARBENOXOLONE; EFONIDIPINE; NIFEDIPINE; NNC 55 0396; PALMITOLEIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; GAP JUNCTIONS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 50549089657     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151767     Document Type: Article

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