Smooth muscle BK channel activity influences blood pressure independent of vascular tone in mice.

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Published in J Physiol on March 31, 2014

Authors

Gregor Sachse1, Jörg Faulhaber2, Anika Seniuk2, Heimo Ehmke2, Olaf Pongs3

Author Affiliations

1: Institut für Neurale Signalverarbeitung, Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie, Falkenried 94, D-20251, Hamburg, Germany Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX, UK gregor.sachse@dpag.ox.ac.uk.
2: Institut für Zelluläre und Integrative Physiologie, UKE, Martinistr. 52, D-20246, Hamburg, Germany.
3: Institut für Neurale Signalverarbeitung, Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie, Falkenried 94, D-20251, Hamburg, Germany Institut für Physiologie (Geb 56), Universität des Saarlandes, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.

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