The Resistance Arteries: Integration of the Regulatory Pathways [Paperback]

Theme 1: The Smooth Muscle Cell. Protein Kinase C (PKC) Activation Lowers the Calcium Requirement for Cerebral Artery Myogenic Tone. Distension Influences Responses to Agonists and Potassium in Several Types of Small Artery. a-Toxin Permeabilization of Rat Mesenteric Small Arteries and Effects of Stretch. Tension Development, Myosin Light Chain Phosphorylation and Changes in Intracellular Free [Ca2+] Induced by a1- and a2- Adrenoceptor Agonists. Vasopressin V1-Receptor Assay in Rat Small Mesenteric Arteries. Protein Kinase C and Contraction of Vascular Smooth Muscle. The Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Modulates Ca2+- Dependent Vasoconstriction. Two Kinds of Spatially Separated Caffeine-Sensitive Calcium Stores in Smooth Muscle Cells From Guinea Pig Mesenteric Artery. Noradrenaline-lnduced Calcium Inflow Appears Not-Mediated by Receptor-Operated Calcium Channels in Rat Mesenteric Small Arteries. Inward Rectifier Potassium Channels in Resistance Arteries. Reduction of Delayed Rectifier K+ Current in Rat Pulmonary Artery Cells During Chronic Hypoxia. Adenosine Activates Potassium Channels in Porcine Coronary Arterial Myocytes. Hypoxia and Adenosine Inhibit Myogenic Reactivity by Activating ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels. Theme 2: The Control of Smooth Muscle Tone. Flow-lnduced Relaxation of the Rabbit Facial Vein: Role of Endothelium and Subendothelial Tissues. Exercise Training Augments EDRF (Nitric Oxide) Synthesis in Skeletal Muscle Arterioles. Edno of Venular Origin can Influence Arteriolar Diameter. Conducted Vasomotion in Isolated Arterioles: Evidence for Multiple Cellular Mechanisms. Nitric Oxide and Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide as Dual Mediators of Neurogenic Relaxation in the Sheep Middle Cerebral Artery. Theme 3: The Control of Growth and Proliferation. Vascular Remodeling in Hypertension: Its Prevalence and Possible Mechanism. K+(ATP) Channels in Neonatal Pulmonary Vessels During Normal Development and Chronic Hypoxia. The Effect of Platelet-Derived Growth Facl³(