Palytoxin (PTX), isolated from a zoanthid of the genus Palythoa, is the most potent marine toxin known. Intoxication by PTX leads to vasoconstriction, hemorrhage, ataxia, muscle weakness, ventricular fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension, ischemia and death. In this study, clonal A7r5 rat aortic smoo
Inhibitory action of norepinephrine on sodium transport in vascular smooth muscle cells in culture
✍ Scribed by Michael Tuck; Patrick Hannaert; Elisabeth Jeanclos; Françoise Russo-Marie; Ricardo Garay
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 532 KB
- Volume
- 413
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0031-6768
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