Aging impairs electrical conduction along endothelium of resistance arteries through enhanced Ca2+-activated K+ channel activation

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1892-1901

  Behringer, Erik J ^a   Shaw, Rebecca L ^a   Westcott, Erika B ^a   Socha, Matthew J ^a   Segal, Steven S ^a,b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Ion channels; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; APAMIN; CHARYBDOTOXIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERMEDIATE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ION CHANNELS; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APAMIN; CATALASE; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPIGASTRIC ARTERIES; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROTOXINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84881027362     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.113.301514     Document Type: Article

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