Coordination of vasomotor responses by the endothelium

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 226-232

  Dora, Kim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteries; Conduction; Endothelium derived factor; Ion channels; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; POTASSIUM; RECEPTORS, CALCIUM-SENSING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 75749149379     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0879     Document Type: Review

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