Translational Research
Volume 154, Issue 4 , Pages 183-193 , October 2009

Upregulation of intermediate calcium-activated potassium channels counterbalance the impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats

  • Fernanda R.C. Giachini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Fernanda R. C. Giachini, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, 1120 Fifteenth Street, CA-2095, Augusta, GA 30912-3000
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  • Fernando S. Carneiro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Victor V. Lima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
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  • Zidonia N. Carneiro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
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  • Anne Dorrance

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich
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  • R. Clinton Webb

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
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  • Rita C. Tostes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Received 27 March 2009 ,Revised 7 July 2009 ,Accepted 9 July 2009.

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 Supported by Grants HL-71138 and HL-74167 from the National Institutes of Health and by doctoral fellowships (to F. R. C. G. and F. S. C.) from Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

PII: S1931-5244(09)00215-1

doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2009.07.003

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