The Resistance Arteries: Integration of the Regulatory Pathways

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Protein Kinase C (PKC) Activation Lowers the Calcium Requirement for Cerebral Artery Myogenic Tone....Pages 3-12
Distension Influences Responses to Agonists and Potassium in Several Types of Small Artery....Pages 13-21
α-Toxin Permeabilization of Rat Mesenteric Small Arteries and Effects of Stretch....Pages 23-29
Tension Development, Myosin Light Chain Phosphorylation and Changes in Intracellular Free [Ca 2+ ] i Induced by α 1 - and α 2 - Adrenoceptor Agonists....Pages 31-41
Vasopressin V 1 -Receptor Assay in Rat Small Mesenteric Arteries....Pages 43-51
Protein Kinase C and Contraction of Vascular Smooth Muscle....Pages 53-59
The Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Modulates Ca 2+ - Dependent Vasoconstriction....Pages 61-70
Two Kinds of Spatially Separated Caffeine-Sensitive Calcium Stores in Smooth Muscle Cells from Guinea-Pig Mesenteric Artery....Pages 71-82
Noradrenaline-Induced Calcium Inflow Appears not Mediated by Receptor-Operated Calcium Channels in Rat Mesenteric Small Arteries....Pages 83-92
Inward Rectifier Potassium Channels in Resistance Arteries....Pages 93-102
Reduction of delayed rectifier K + current in rat pulmonary artery cells during chronic hypoxia....Pages 103-113
Adenosine Activates Potassium Channels in Porcine Coronary Arterial Myocytes....Pages 115-123
Hypoxia and Adenosine Inhibit Myogenic Reactivity by Activating ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels....Pages 125-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Flow-Induced Relaxation of the Rabbit Facial Vein: Role of Endothelium and Subendothelial Tissues....Pages 139-152
Exercise Training Augments EDRF (Nitric Oxide) Synthesis in Skeletal Muscle Arterioles....Pages 153-161
EDNO of Venular Origin can Influence Arteriolar Diameter....Pages 163-170
Conducted Vasomotion in Isolated Arterioles: Evidence for Multiple Cellular Mechanisms....Pages 171-182
Nitric Oxide and Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide as Dual Mediators of Neurogenic Relaxation in the Sheep Middle Cerebral Artery....Pages 183-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Vascular Remodeling in Hypertension: Its Prevalence and Possible Mechanism....Pages 197-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-224
The Effect of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor on Tone and [Ca 2+ ]i in Vascular Smooth Muscle....Pages 195-195
Front Matter....Pages 225-233
Up/Down: A New Method for Determining Agonist Properties....Pages 235-235
A Technique for Studying Physiologically Induced Conducted Responses In-Situ ....Pages 237-245
Confocal Myography: Applications for the Study of Resistance Arteries....Pages 247-258
Front Matter....Pages 259-264
Stroke Related Alterations in the Cerebrovasculature of spSHR Associated with the Loss of Pressure Dependent Constriction....Pages 265-265
The Vascular Ornithine Decarboxylase/Polyamine System in Deoxycorticosterone Acetate-Salt Hypertension....Pages 267-278
Small Artery Function in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats....Pages 279-288
Contractile Responses of Mesenteric Resistance Arteries to BAY K 8644 in Mineralocorticoid-Salt Hypertension....Pages 289-300
Does Intracellular pH Affect Vascular Tone?....Pages 301-313
Effect of Antihypertensive Treatment on Structure and Function of Resistance Arteries in Essential Hypertensive Patients....Pages 315-322
Resistance Vessel Structure in Essential Hypertension....Pages 323-332
Hypercholesterolaemia and Vascular Function....Pages 333-338
Effect of Chronic Ischemia on Human Small Arteries....Pages 339-346
Coronary Microvascular ß-Adrenoceptor Subtypes and Crystalloid Cardioplegia....Pages 347-355
Back Matter....Pages 357-364
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