Potassium channels and neurovascular coupling

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 608-616

  Dunn, Kathryn M ^a   Nelson, Mark T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial smooth muscle; Astrocytes; Neurovascular coupling; Parenchymal arterioles; Potassium channels

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CATION CHANNEL; EPOXYICOSATRIENOIC ACID; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTERIOLE; ARTERY TONE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PIA ARTERY; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURVIVAL; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CALCIUM SIGNALING; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

EID: 77950657947     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-0174     Document Type: Review

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