Role of T-type channels in vasomotor function: Team player or chameleon?

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 466, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 767-779

  Kuo, Ivana Y T ^a   Howitt, Lauren ^a   Sandow, Shaun L ^b,d   McFarlane, Alexandra ^a   Hansen, Pernille B ^c   Hill, Caryl E ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; L type; T type; Trafficking; Voltage dependent calcium channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; NITRIC OXIDE; ISOPROTEIN;

ARTERIOLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CELL MEMBRANE; EPILEPSY; EXON; HUMAN; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; VASOMOTOR FUNCTION; VASOSPASM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 84896548595     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-013-1430-x     Document Type: Review

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