Involvement of Myoendothelial Gap Junctions in the Actions of Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor
- 31 May 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation Research
- Vol. 90 (10) , 1108-1113
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.0000019756.88731.83
Abstract
— The nature of the vasodilator endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) is controversial, putatively involving diffusible factors and/or electrotonic spread of hyperpolarization g...Keywords
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