Involvement of large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels in both nitric oxide and endothelium-derived hyperpolarization-type relaxation in human penile small arteries

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-24

  Király, István ^a   Pataricza, János ^b   Bajory, Zoltán ^a   Simonsen, Ulf ^c   Varro, András ^b,d   Papp, Julius G ^b,d   Pajor, Lászlo ^a   Kun, Attila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; IBERIOTOXIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NS 11021; NS 13558; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOGRAPHY; PENIS ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIES; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMANS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROPRUSSIDE; PENIS; PEPTIDES; PHENYLEPHRINE; TETRAZOLES; THIOUREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879234345     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.12059     Document Type: Article

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