Connexins and gap junctions in the EDHF phenomenon and conducted vasomotor responses

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 459, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 897-914

  De Wit, Cor ^a   Griffith, Tudor M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin; EDHF; Gap junction

Indexed keywords

BK CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ICOSANOID; INTERMEDIATE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; ENDOTHELIUM DEPENDENT HYPERPOLARIZATION FACTOR; ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT HYPERPOLARIZATION FACTOR; ION CHANNEL; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CALCIUM DEPLETION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONDUCTANCE VASOMOTOR RESPONSE; COUPLING FACTOR; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MODULATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CONNEXINS; CYCLIC AMP; EICOSANOIDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERMEDIATE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; ION CHANNELS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; VASODILATION;

EID: 77955293596     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-010-0830-4     Document Type: Review

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