The role of carbon monoxide as a gasotransmitter in cardiovascular and metabolic regulation

Gasotransmitters: Physiology and Pathophysiology

Volumn 9783642303388, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-70

  Untereiner, Ashley A ^a   Wu, Lingyun ^b   Wang, Rui ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbonmonoxide; Cardiovascular; Gasotransmitter; Heme oxygenase; Signal transduction systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930169431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30338-8_2     Document Type: Chapter

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