Large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels contribute to vascular function in nonpregnant human uterine arteries

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 651-660

  Rosenfeld, Charles R ^a   Word, R Ann ^a   DeSpain, Kevin ^a   Liu, Xiao Tie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

agonists; 1 2 regulatory subunits; Basal tone; Myometrium; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TETRYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHEEP; UTERINE ARTERY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; UTERUS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHENYLEPHRINE; UTERUS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 52449128966     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719108319160     Document Type: Article

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