Astrocytic endfoot Ca2+ and BK channels determine both arteriolar dilation and constriction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3811-3816

  Girouard, Hélène ^a,d   Bonev, Adrian D ^a   Hannah, Rachael M ^a   Meredith, Andrea ^b   Aldrich, Richard W ^c   Nelson, Mark T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inwardly rectifying potassium channel; Large conductance calcium sensitive potassium channel; Neurovascular coupling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOCONSTRICTION; ANIMAL; ARTERIOLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; INNERVATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; POTASSIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 77649257391     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914722107     Document Type: Article

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