Exploring arterial smooth muscle Kv7 potassium channel function using patch clamp electrophysiology and pressure myography

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 67, 2012, Pages

  Brueggemann, Lioubov I ^a   Mani, Bharath K ^a   Haick, Jennifer ^a   Byron, Kenneth L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Electrophysiology; Issue 67; Kv channel; Medicine; Mesenteric artery; Molecular biology; Patch clamp; Physiology; Vascular smooth muscle; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; MYOGRAPHY; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOGRAPHY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84868270874     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4263     Document Type: Article

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