Tudor griffith, gap junctions and conducted vasodilatation: Electromechanical coupling back in the limelight

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 93-101

  Hill, Caryl E ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

conducted vasodilatation; endothelium derived hyperpolarization; gap junctions

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM); CALCIUM CHANNEL; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC AMP; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; COMPUTER MODEL; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CONNEXINS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

EID: 84873408350     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: 15334023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FJC.0b013e31827687c8     Document Type: Article

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