Role of vascular potassium channels in the regulation of renal hemodynamics

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Sorensen, Charlotte Mehlin ^a   Braunstein, Thomas Hartig ^b   Holstein Rathlou, Niels Henrik ^b   Salomonsson, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Afferent arteriole; In vitro; In vivo; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIURESIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SODIUM EXCRETION;

EID: 84857771859     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00052.2011     Document Type: Article

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